Identifying participation rates at outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programs in Victoria, Australia

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 334-338

  Bunker, Steve ^a   McBurney, Helen ^b   Cox, Helen ^c   Jelinek, Michael ^d  

^a NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Vic Department of Human Services   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac rehabilitation; Database; Outpatient; Participation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT MONITORING;

EID: 0033361128     PISSN: 08839212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008483-199911000-00001     Document Type: Article

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