Racial/ethnic differences in stroke awareness among veterans

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 198-203

  Ellis, Charles ^a   Egede, Leonard E ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Health Disparities; Health Education; Stroke; Survey Research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; VETERAN; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFUSION; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEADACHE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CONFUSION; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; STROKE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 47749087110     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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