Stroke and dementia are also chronic diseases

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7795, 2011, Pages 455-

  O'Neill, Desmond ^a  

^a European Union   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LETTER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; NOTE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 79953053326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d1154     Document Type: Letter

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