Burden of stroke: Indian perspective

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 164-166

  Dalal, Praful M ^a   Arjundas, G ^b   Kaul, S ^c   Katrak, Sarosh M ^d   Prabhakar, S ^e   Mehndiratta, M ^f   Ashok, P P ^g   Nagaraja, D ^h   Wadia, R S ⁱ   Hastak, Shirish ^a   Padma, M V ^j  

^a LILAVATI HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b Mercury Nursing Home   (India)

^c NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d JASLOK HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^e PIGMER   (India)

^f G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

^g P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

ⁱ Ruby Hall Clinic ^*  (India)

^j ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREND STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; STROKE;

EID: 33746599135     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2006.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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