The burden of stroke in Nigeria

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 290-292

  Wahab, Kolawole Wasiu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Nigeria; Outcome; Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FUNDING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; NIGERIA; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 52249095968     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2008.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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