A Cross-Sectional Study of Individuals Seeking Information on Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke Symptoms Online: A Target for Intervention?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Kim, Anthony S ^a   Poisson, Sharon N ^a   Easton, J Donald ^a   Johnston, S Claiborne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; TELEPHONE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SELF REPORT; STROKE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868271071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047997     Document Type: Article

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