Low public recognition of major stroke symptoms

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 315-319

  Greenlund, Kurt J ^a,b   Neff, Linda J ^a   Zheng, Zhi Jie ^a   Keenan, Nora L ^a   Giles, Wayne H ^a   Ayala, Carma A ^a   Croft, Janet B ^a   Mensah, George A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARESTHESIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TELEPHONE; VERTIGO;

EID: 0242289626     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(03)00206-X     Document Type: Article

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