Patients' awareness of stroke signs, symptoms, and risk factors

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1871-1875

  Kothari, Rashmi ^a   Sauerbeck, Laura ^b   Jauch, Edward ^b   Broderick, Joseph ^b   Brott, Thomas ^b   Khoury, Jane ^b   Liu, Tiepu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Health education; Risk factors; Stroke, acute

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030711716     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.10.1871     Document Type: Article

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