Stroke: A global response is needed

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 634A-635A

  Johnson, Walter ^a   Onuma, Oyere ^a   Owolabi, Mayowa ^b   Sachdev, Sonal ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; GLOBAL HEALTH;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 84986208233     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.16.181636     Document Type: Editorial

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