Knowledge and perception of stroke among at risk medical out-patients in a tertiary health institution in Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 51-53

  Ajayi, A O ^a   Ojo, O O ^a  

^a FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; COMMUNITY CARE; DISABILITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; OUTPATIENT; PARALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 39749122045     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.55717     Document Type: Article

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