Community awareness of stroke in Accra, Ghana

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Donkor, Eric S ^a,e   Owolabi, Mayowa O ^b   Bampoh, Patrick ^c   Aspelund, Thor ^d,e   Gudnason, Vilmundur ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c Tamale Central Hospital   (Ghana)

^d ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Accra; Brain; Risk factors; Stroke; Warning signs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84897591782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-196     Document Type: Article

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