Impact of community-based education on health care evaluation in patients with acute chest pain syndromes: The Wabasha Heart Attack Team (WHAT) project

Family Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 537-539

  Scott Wright, R ^a   Kopecky, Stephen L ^a   Timma, Marvin ^b   Pflaum, Douglas D ^b   Carr, Craig ^b   Evers, Kathleen ^c   Bell, Julia ^d  

^a Mayo Physician Alliance for Clinical Trials Rochester   (United States)

^b ALBERT LEA EYE CLINIC   (United States)

^c Wabasha County Public Health   (United States)

^d Foundation for Health Care Evaluation   (United States)

Author keywords

Community medicine; Health education; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEASON; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034776649     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/18.5.537     Document Type: Article

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