Knowledge of stroke among an Urban population in Cotonou (Benin)

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 172-178

  Cossi, Marie Joëlle ^a   Preux, Pierre Marie ^a   Chabriat, Hugues ^b   Gobron, Claire ^b   Houinato, Dismand ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^c CNHU   (Benin)

Author keywords

Stroke; Sub Saharan Africa; Urban population

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIN; BRAIN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENIN; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859138595     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336862     Document Type: Article

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