Burden of stroke in Nepal

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 517-520

  Shaik, Munvar Miya ^a,b   Loo, Keat Wei ^b   Gan, Siew Hua ^b  

^a and Leprology   (Nepal)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Epidemiology; Hypertension; Nepal; Stroke burden

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; STROKE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBAN AREA;

COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RURAL HEALTH; STROKE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84864024441     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00799.x     Document Type: Article

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