Public knowledge of heart attack in a Nepalese population survey

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 164-169

  Limbu, Yuba R ^a   Malla, Rabi ^a   Regmi, Shyam R ^a   Dahal, Ramesh ^a   Nakarmi, Hari L ^b   Yonzan, Ganesh ^b   Gartaula, Ritu P ^b  

^a SG National Heart Centre   (Nepal)

^b Stupa Health Care and Research Centre   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COLLAPSE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEPAL; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEPAL;

EID: 33646389817     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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