Chest pain in the emergency department: The broad spectrum of causes

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-30

  Knockaert, D C ^a   Buntinx, F ^b   Stoens, N ^a   Bruyninckx, R ^b   Delooz, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Chest pain; Emergency department; Musculoskeletal; Somatization disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; THORAX PAIN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0036516836     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200203000-00007     Document Type: Article

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