Understanding Risk for Better Stroke Prevention

Gustavo Saposnik^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Economics, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.
² Outcomes Research and Decision-Neuroscience Unit, Department of Medicine, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Comment

Gustavo Saposnik. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2019 Oct.

. 2019 Oct;24(5):e1.

doi: 10.1136/bmjebm-2018-111089. Epub 2018 Oct 29.

Gustavo Saposnik^{1

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¹ Department of Economics, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.
² Outcomes Research and Decision-Neuroscience Unit, Department of Medicine, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: general medicine (see internal medicine); preventive medicine; risk management; stroke; stroke medicine.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: GS is supported by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC) Career Scientist Award.

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