Awareness of stroke risk in chagasic stroke patients

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 35-39

  Carod Artal, Francisco Javier ^a   Ribeiro, Luciola da Silveira ^a   Vargas, Antonio Pedro ^a  

^a SARAH NETWORK OF REHABILITATION HOSPITALS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

American trypanosomiasis; Awareness; Chagas' disease; Health education; Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE VECTOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; STROKE;

AGED; AWARENESS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 35649024280     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.05.022     Document Type: Article

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