Care seeking after stroke symptoms

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 466-472

  Howard, Virginia J ^a,b   Lackland, Daniel T ^b   Lichtman, Judith H ^c   McClure, Leslie A ^a   Howard, George ^a   Wagner, Libby ^d   Pulley, LeaVonne ^e   Gomez, Camilo R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^f Alabama Neurological Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42949083638     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21357     Document Type: Article

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