Knowledge of Ischemic Stroke among a Mexico City Population

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 208-213

  Góngora Rivera, Fernando ^a   Gutiérrez Jiménez, Eugenio ^b   Zenteno, Marco Antonio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR JOSÉ ELEUTERIO GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

ischemic stroke; knowledge; Risk factors; stroke; survey; warning signs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHI SQUARE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEXICO; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449123857     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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