Secondary prevention of stroke in Italy: A cross-sectional survey in family practice

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1010-1014

  Filippi, Alessandro ^a   Bignamini, Angelo Antonio ^c   Sessa, Emiliano ^b   Samani, Fabio ^a   Mazzaglia, Giampiero ^b  

^a Italian College of General Practitioners   (Italy)

^b Health Search Database   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Family practice; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; ITALY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; ITALY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0037383191     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000062888.90293.AA     Document Type: Article

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