Delay in seeking treatment for acute myocardial infarction: Why?

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-129

  Lesneski, Lisa ^a,b   Morton, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENIAL; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REVIEW LITERATURE; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034170345     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0099-1767(00)90054-0     Document Type: Article

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