Stroke awareness in Denmark

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 165-170

  Truelsen, Thomas ^a   Krarup, Lars Henrik ^a  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Denmark; Stroke, awareness; Stroke, risk factors; Stroke, symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DENMARK; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPEECH DISORDER; STROKE; THERAPY DELAY; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; APHASIA; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PARESIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROKE; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 77953657433     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314344     Document Type: Article

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