Stroke awareness in the general population: Knowledge of stroke risk factors and warning signs in older adults

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hickey, Anne ^a   O'Hanlon, Ann ^a   McGee, Hannah ^a   Donnellan, Claire ^b   Shelley, Emer ^a   Horgan, Frances ^a   O'Neill, Desmond ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SLURRED SPEECH; STRESS; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VISUAL DISORDER; WEAKNESS; AGE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POPULATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 69549103478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-9-35     Document Type: Article

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