Stroke outcomes in a socio-economically disadvantaged urban community

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 345-348

  de Villiers, Linda ^a   Badri, Motasim ^b   Ferreira, Monica ^a   Bryer, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; RANKIN SCALE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; STROKE; SURVIVAL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 79957439868     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.4588     Document Type: Article

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