Validation of a stroke symptom questionnaire for epidemiological surveys
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Validation of a stroke symptom questionnaire for epidemiological surveys.
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Stroke is a relevant issue within public health and requires epidemiological surveillance tools. The aim here was to validate a questionnaire for evaluating individuals with stroke symptoms in the Stroke Morbidity and Mortality Study (Estudo de Mortalidade e Morbidade do Acidente Vascular Cerebral, EMMA), São Paulo, Brazil. DESIGN AND SETTING This was a cross-sectional s...
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PhD. Attending physician, Hospital Universitário (HU), Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil. PhD. Epidemiologist, Hospital Universitário (HU), Hospital das Clínicas (HC), Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil. MD. Neurologist, Hospital das Clínicas (HC), Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), S...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sao Paulo Medical Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1516-3180
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802010000400010