How women label and respond to symptoms of acute myocardial infarction: Responses to hypothetical symptom scenarios

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 261-269

  Meischke, H ^a   Yasui, Y ^a   Kuniyuki, A ^a   Bowen, D J ^a   Andersen, R ^a   Urban, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0032796753     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9563(99)70072-5     Document Type: Article

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