Community-based education improves stroke knowledge

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 34-43

  Becker, Kyra J ^a,b,c   Fruin, Michael S ^a,b   Gooding, Tracey D ^a   Tirschwell, David L ^a,b   Love, Pamela J ^a   Mankowski, Tina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Gender; Patient education; Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TELEVISION;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035136258     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047609     Document Type: Article

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