Equity in the diagnosis of chest pain: Race and gender

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 60-71

  Bell, Paul D ^a   Hudson, Suzanne ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; THORAX PAIN; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; STEREOTYPING; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0035234895     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.25.1.7     Document Type: Article

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