Stroke Awareness among Georgia Adults: Epidemiology and Considerations Regarding Measurement

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 613-618

  Rowe, Alexander K ^a   Frankel, Michael R ^b   Sanders, Keith A ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; TELEPHONE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035381174     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200106000-00015     Document Type: Article

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