Knowledge of heart disease and stroke among cardiology inpatients and outpatients in a Canadian inner-city urban hospital

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 537-541

  Gill, Richard ^a   Chow, Chi Ming ^b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heart attack; Myocardial infarction; Prevention; Public health education; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUTPATIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 78650192682     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(10)70468-2     Document Type: Article

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