Systematic review of mass media interventions designed to improve public recognition of stroke symptoms, emergency response and early treatment

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lecouturier, Jan ^a   Rodgers, Helen ^a   Murtagh, Madeleine J ^b   White, Martin ^a   Ford, Gary A ^a   Thomson, Richard G ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; STROKE; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650327981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-784     Document Type: Article

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