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Effect of a stroke support service in Germany: a randomized trial

Susanne SaalMedical Faculty, Institute of Health and Nursing Sciences, University of Halle-Wittenberg, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Christiane BeckerNursing Management of the University Hospital, Halle, Germany
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Silke LorenzEuropean Association for Vocational and Social Education (EBG), Leipzig, Germany
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Michael SchubertGerman Federal Rehabilitation Council (BAR), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Oliver KussInstitute for Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Institute for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Andreas StangInstitute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (IMIBE), University Hospital Essen, Germany;School of Public Health, Boston University, USA
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Tobias MüllerDepartment of Neurology of the University Hospital, Halle, Germany
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Andrea KraftDepartment of Neurology of the Hospital Martha Maria Halle-Dölau, Halle, Germany
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Johann BehrensMedical Faculty, Institute of Health and Nursing Sciences, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
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Pages 429-436 | Published online: 28 Apr 2015

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