UN millennium development goals: Can we halt the stroke epidemic in India?

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 130-136

  Dalal, Praful ^a,b   Bhattacharjee, Madhumita ^a   Vairale, Jaee ^a   Bhat, Priya ^a  

^a LILAVATI HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b Municipal Bldg No 3 ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Development goals; Prevention; Stroke

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AWARENESS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE REGISTRY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALARIA; MASS MEDIUM; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 34948841946     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.34791     Document Type: Review

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