Referral patterns to a university-based cardiac rehabilitation program

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 252-255

  Bittner, Vera ^a   Sanderson, Bonnie ^a   Breland, Jenny ^a   Green, Darlene ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBESITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0033555582     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00830-3     Document Type: Article

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