An international perspective on the time to treatment for acute myocardial infarction

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 317-323

  Dracup, Kathleen ^a   Moser, Debra K ^b   McKinley, Sharon ^c   Ball, Carol ^d   Yamasaki, Keiko ^e   Kim, Cho Ja ^f   Doering, Lynn V ^g   Caldwell, Mary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e TOKYO WOMEN S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER EAST   (Japan)

^f Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay time; England; Myocardial infarction; Pacific Rim; US

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CALCULATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOUTH KOREA; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542790612     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2003.00317.x     Document Type: Review

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