Causes of chest pain and symptoms suggestive of acute cardiac ischemia in African-American patients presenting to the emergency department: A multicenter study

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 665-671

  Maynard, Charles ^b   Beshansky, Joni R ^b   Griffith, John L ^b   Selker, Harry P ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

African Americans; Angina; Cardiac ischemia; Race

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EMERGENCIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031252821     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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