Low awareness of transient ischemic attacks and risk factors of stroke in a Swiss urban community

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-184

  Nedeltchev, Krassen ^a   Fischer, Urs ^a   Arnold, Marcel ^a   Kappeler, Liliane ^a   Mattle, Heinrich P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health education; Risk factors' knowledge; Stroke; TIA; Warning signs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SWITZERLAND; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33847679556     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0313-x     Document Type: Article

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