Stroke information reported on local television news: A national perspective

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1556-1557

  Pribble, James M ^a,b   Goldstein, Kenneth M ^c   Majersik, Jennifer J ^a   Barsan, William G ^a,b   Brown, Devin L ^a   Morgenstern, Lewis B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Mass media; Television

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANTIOXIDANT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION CENTER; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TELEVISION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; STATISTICS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TELEVISION; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 33745167337     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000221809.58470.0a     Document Type: Article

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