South Asian strokes: Lessons from the St Mary's stroke database

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-21

  Banerjee, S ^a   Biram, R ^b   Chataway, J ^a   Ames, D ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOUTH ASIA; STROKE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 77950329067     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcp148     Document Type: Article

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