Public perception of stroke warning signs and knowledge of potential risk factors

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 1288-1292

  Pancioli, Arthur M ^a   Broderick, Joseph ^a   Kothari, Rashmi ^a   Brott, Thomas ^a   Tuchfarber, Alfred ^b   Miller, Rosie ^a   Khoury, Jane ^a   Jauch, Edward ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE;

EID: 0032557161     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.16.1288     Document Type: Article

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