Older people's understanding of cumulative risks when provided with annual stroke risk information

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 949, 2004, Pages 677-678

  Fuller, Richard ^a   Dudley, N ^b   Blacktop, J ^c  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AGING; ARTICLE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 9144266429     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.019489     Document Type: Article

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