Recognizing a Heart Attack: The Process of Determining Illness

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 267-273

  Scherck, Kathryn Ambur ^a,b  

^a ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INNOVISION COMMUNICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF EVALUATION; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT EDUCATION; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031180010     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc1997.6.4.267     Document Type: Article

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