Do blacks get bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation as often as whites?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1147-1150

  Brookoff, Daniel ^a   Kellermann, Arthur L ^a   Hackman, Bela B ^a   Somes, Grant ^a   Dobyns, Perry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BLACKS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; ODDS RATIO; RACE RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SURVIVAL RATE; TENNESSEE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITES;

EID: 0028135252     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(94)70246-2     Document Type: Article

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