Knowledge and perception about stroke among an Australian urban population

BMC Public Health

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-6

  Yoon, Sung Sug ^a   Heller, Richard F ^b   Levi, Christopher ^c   Wiggers, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DYSLEXIA; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; SCIENCE; SELF REPORT; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE; URBAN POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 3042836966     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-1-14     Document Type: Article

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