J Stroke.  2023 Jan;25(1):173-176. 10.5853/jos.2022.02922.

Precision Greenness and Stroke/Transient Ischemic Attack in 249,405 US Medicare Beneficiaries

• Brown SC
• Aitken WW
• Lombard J
• Wang K
• Rundek T
• Byrne MM
• Toro M
• Nardi MI
• Kardys J
• Parrish A
• Szapocznik J

• KMID: 2539071
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5853/jos.2022.02922

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