Knowledge of tissue plasminogen activator for acute stroke among Michigan adults

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2564-2567

  Anderson, Beth E ^a   Rafferty, Ann P ^a   Lyon Callo, Sarah ^a   Fussman, Chris ^a   Reeves, Mathew J ^b  

^a MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Public awareness; Stroke; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION SERVICE; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650072767     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.545988     Document Type: Article

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