REACT theory-based intervention to reduce treatment-seeking delay for acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 325-334

  Raczynski, James M ^a   Finnegan Jr , John R ^b   Zapka, Jane G ^c   Meischke, Hendricka ^c   Meshack, Angela ^d   Stone, Elaine J ^e   Bracht, Neil ^b   Sellers, Deborah E ^f   Daya, Mohamud ^g   Robbins, Mark ^h   McAlister, Alfred ^d   Simons Morton, Denise ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Natl Heart Lung/Blood Institute   (United States)

^f NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^g OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; REVIEW; THEORY; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033136756     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(99)00023-9     Document Type: Review

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