Secondary stroke prevention through patient education intervention on lifestyle risk factors: a review

Stroke ranks top five causes of mortality in Malaysia with the rate of 8.3/100,000 population. Stroke are characterised by acute neurological deficits and mostly associated with vascular causes. Risk factors which contribute towards 90% of overall stroke are hypertension, unhealthy diet, physical in...

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Main Authors: Sowtali, Siti Noorkhairina, Harith, Sakinah, Mohamed, Che Rabiaah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia 2013
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/57140/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/57140/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/57140/1/Article09.pdf