Stroke is a chronic disease with acute events

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7642, 2008, Pages 461-

  O'Neill, Desmond ^a   Horgan, Frances ^a   Hickey, Anne ^a   McGee, Hannah ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGNOSIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; STROKE UNIT; WELLBEING; NOTE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 40949107426     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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