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Cerebrovascular health disparities.
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1Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK 2Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London W6 8RP, UK 3Academic Unit of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK 4Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 4502 E. 41st Street, SAC 1G06, Tuls...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/01.str.0000165055.47211.7c