Stroke symptom attribution and time to emergency department arrival: The delay in accessing stroke healthcare study

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-96

  Williams, Janice E ^a   Rosamond, Wayne D ^a   Morris, Dexter L ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Emergency medicine; Prevention; Response time; Stroke; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033987378     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb01900.x     Document Type: Article

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