What is stroke symptom knowledge?

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-52

  Mosley, Ian ^a,b   Nicol, Marcus ^b   Donnan, Geoffrey ^b   Thrift, Amanda G ^b,c   Dewey, Helen M ^b,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Public awareness; Response to symptoms; Stroke recognition; Stroke symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE RESPONSE TIME; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

PUBLIC AWARENESS; RESPONSE TO SYMPTOMS; STROKE RECOGNITION; STROKE SYMPTOMS;

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STROKE;

EID: 84889257838     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12024     Document Type: Article

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