The extent of knowledge about strokes among the population of a rural area in the province of Lleida;Grado de conocimiento del ictus entre población de área rural en la provincia de Lleida

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 515-519

  Oro M ^b   Sanahuja Montesinos, J ^a   Hernandez L ^a   Seto E ^a   Purroy, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b Institut Català de Salut   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health education; Risk factors knowledge; Stroke; Warning signs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SPAIN; STROKE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM;

EID: 65949089854     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.4810.2008467     Document Type: Article

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