How generalisable is INTERSTROKE?

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9752, 2010, Pages 1538-1539

  Thrift, Amanda G ^a,b   Srikanth, Velandai ^b   Evans, Roger G ^b  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INDIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LETTER; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STROKE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 78149320178     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)62025-9     Document Type: Letter

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