Differences between blacks and whites with coronary heart disease in initial symptoms and in delay in seeking care

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 237-244

  Richards, Sally B ^a,b   Funk, Marjorie ^a   Milner, Kerry A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b INNOVISION COMMUNICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONNECTICUT; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034220701     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2000.9.4.237     Document Type: Article

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