Public health strategies could reduce the global stroke epidemic

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 847-848

  Feigin, Valery L ^a   Krishnamurthi, Rita ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EPIDEMIC; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; LETTER; MENTAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STROKE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77955643445     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(10)70190-3     Document Type: Letter

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