Prevalence of stroke in Kashmiri migrant community

Neurology Asia

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 211-215

  Raina, Sunil Kumar ^a   Razdan, Sushil ^b   Pandita, K K ^b  

^a Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College   (India)

^b Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO;

EID: 79951781245     PISSN: 18236138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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