Improving public education about stroke

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1268, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-50

  Alberts, Mark J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stroke care; Community education; Stroke education; Stroke symptoms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL MEDIA; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; SYMPTOM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84866557614     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06722.x     Document Type: Article

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