Knowledge of ischemic stroke risk factors and warning signs after a health education program by medical students

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 897-901

  Gutiérrez Jiménez, Eugenio ^a   Góngora Rivera, Fernando ^a   Martínez, Héctor R ^a   Escamilla Garza, Juan M ^a   Villarreal, Héctor Jorge ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR JOSÉ ELEUTERIO GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

ischemic stroke; risk factors; warning signs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KNOWLEDGE; LIMB WEAKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THERAPY DELAY; UNEMPLOYMENT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WARNING SIGN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954974232     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.597062     Document Type: Article

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