Knowledge of risk among patients at increased risk for stroke

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 916-921

  Samsa, Gregory P ^a,c   Cohen, Stuart J ^b   Goldstein, Larry B ^a,c,f   Bonito, Arthur J ^d   Duncan, Pamela W ^g,h   Enarson, Cam ^b   DeFriese, Gordon H ^e   Horner, Ronnie D ^f   Matchar, David B ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

health education; risk factors; stroke prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

EID: 0030948943     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.5.916     Document Type: Article

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