Stroke awareness in urban and rural populations from northern portugal: Knowledge and action are independent

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 265-273

  Moreira, Emília ^a,c   Correia, Manuel ^a,b   Magalhães, Rui ^a   Silva, M Carolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Centro Hospitalar Universitario do Porto   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE VIANA DO CASTELO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Population based studies; Stroke awareness; Transient ischemic attack; Warning signs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIZZINESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARALYSIS; PORTUGAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; URBAN AREA; VERTIGO; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; STROKE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959422516     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328867     Document Type: Article

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