Postal Questionnaires A useful strategy for the follow-up of stroke cases?;Inquéritos Postais: Uma Estratégia útil para o seguimento de doentes com Acidente Vascular Cerebral?

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-65

  Carmo Faria, M ^a   Mateus, C Letra ^a   Coelho, Fatima ^a   Martins, Raimundo ^a   Barros, Henrique ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; POSTAL MAIL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; POSTAL SERVICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 2542470791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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