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Stroke in Canada: The Need for a New Approach

Les accidents vasculaires cérébraux au Canada: nécessité d’une nouvelle approche

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  1. Cardiovascular Diseases Division of the Bureau of Cardio-Respiratory Diseases and Diabetes, Jeanne Mance Building 1918C3, Tunney’s Pasture, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0K9, Canada

    Hajnal Molnar-Szakács MD, MSC & Maureen Carew MD, MSC, FRCPC

  2. Field Epidemiology Training Program, Canada

    Hajnal Molnar-Szakács MD, MSC

  3. Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Health Canada, Canada

    Hajnal Molnar-Szakács MD, MSC & Maureen Carew MD, MSC, FRCPC

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Molnar-Szakács, H., Carew, M. Stroke in Canada: The Need for a New Approach. Can J Public Health 91, 405–406 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03404817

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