Improving efficiency of stroke research: The Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi study

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 351-357

  Al Wabil, Areej ^a   Smith, Melinda A ^a   Moyé, Lemuel A ^b   Burgin, W Scott ^a   Morgenstern, Lewis B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical; Computer; Epidemiology; Screening; Stroke; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

EID: 0037613840     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00005-2     Document Type: Article

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