Pre-hospital delay in acute myocardial infarction in an urban Indian hospital: A prospective study

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 8-12

  Rajagopalan, Ram E ^a   Chandrasekaran, S ^a   Pai, Madhukar ^a   Rajaram, R ^a   Mahendran, S ^a  

^a Sundaram Medical Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035226844     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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