Awareness of stroke risk factors and warning signs in southern Brazil

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1076-1081

  Falavigna, Asdrubal ^a   Teles, Alisson Roberto ^b   Vedana, Viviane Maria ^b   Kleber, Fabrício Diniz ^b   Mosena, Gabriela ^b   Velho, Maíra Cristina ^b   Mazzocchin, Thaís ^b   Da Silva, Roberta Castilhos ^b   Lucena, Luzia Fernanda ^b   Santin, Juliana Tosetto ^b   Roth, Felipe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Universidade de Caxias do Sul ^*

Author keywords

General population; Knowledge; Risk factors; Stroke; Warning signs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STROKE;

EID: 76149131049     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2009000600022     Document Type: Article

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