Race and survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a suburban community

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 478-482

  Chu, K ^a   Swor, R ^a   Jackson, R ^a   Domeier, R ^a   Sadler, E ^a   Basse, E ^a   Zaleznak, H ^a   Gitlin, J ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031921286     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70257-4     Document Type: Article

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