Australian patients' delay in response to heart attack symptoms

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 233-236

  Dracup, Kathleen ^a   McKinley, Sharon M ^b,c   Moser, Debra K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; DYSPNEA; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SWEATING; VERTIGO;

EID: 0030984324     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb140101.x     Document Type: Article

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