Symptoms of acute myocardial infarction: Expectations of a community sample

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 75-81

  Zerwic, Julie Johnson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DYSPNEA; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOLOGY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0031901704     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9563(98)90015-2     Document Type: Article

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