Awareness within the French population concerning stroke signs, symptoms, and risk factors

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 659-664

  Neau, Jean Philippe ^a   Ingrand, Pierre ^a   Godeneche, Gaëlle ^a  

^a POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Awareness; Health education; Risk factors; Stroke; Warning symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849108065     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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