Tackling the global burden of stroke: the need for large-scale international studies

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 306-307

  O'Donnell, Martin ^a   Yusuf, Salim ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 62149111125     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(09)70024-9     Document Type: Letter

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