Factors influencing treatment compliance among Turkish people at risk for stroke

Journal of Primary Prevention

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-89

  Koçer, Abdulkadir ^a,d   İnce, Nurhan ^b   Koçer, Emel ^a   Taşçı, Atilla ^c  

^a AIBU   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Istanbul Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^d ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Compliance; Prevention; Risk factors; Stroke; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 33644672937     PISSN: 0278095X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10935-005-0020-x     Document Type: Article

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