Perceived risk for developing stroke among older adults

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 791-794

  Harwell, Todd S ^a   Blades, Lynda L ^a   Oser, Carrie S ^a   Dietrich, Dennis W ^b   Okon, Nicholas J ^c   Rodriguez, Daniel V ^d   Burnett, Anne M ^b   Russell, Joseph A ^e   Allen, Martha J ^c   Fogle, Crystelle C ^a   Helgerson, Steven D ^a   Gohdes, Dorothy ^a  

^a MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b Benefis Healthcare   (United States)

^c St Vincent Healthcare Billings   (United States)

^d Billings Clinic Red Lodge   (United States)

^e City of Great Falls Fire and Rescue ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Beliefs; Cerebrovascular disease; Cross sectional studies; Perceptions; Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; STROKE; TELEPHONE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTANA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 25844464845     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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