Public awareness of stroke in Korea: A population-based national survey

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1146-1149

  Kim, Young Seo ^a   Park, Sang Soon ^b   Bae, Hee Joon ^c   Heo, Ji Hoe ^d   Kwon, Sun U ^e   Lee, Byung Chul ^f   Lee, Seung Hoon ^b   Oh, Chang Wan ^c   Yoon, Byung Woo ^b  

^a Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^f Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

national survey; population; public awareness; stroke

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIZZINESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMIPARESIS; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; KOREA; OBESITY; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC STROKE AWARENESS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEVISION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 84859427997     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.638460     Document Type: Review

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