Improving WHO STEPS Stroke in Brazil

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 387-388

  Lotufo, Paulo A ^a   Bensenor, Isabela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BRAZIL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34047275105     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(07)70091-1     Document Type: Letter

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3. WHO. WHO STEPS Stroke manual: the WHO STEPwise approach to stroke surveillance. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2006.
4. Lotufo P. Stroke in Brazil: a neglected disease. Sao Paulo Med J 123 (2005) 3-4
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