Factors associated with prolonged prehospital delay of African Americans with acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-157

  Banks, Angela D ^a   Dracup, Kathleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745039777     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2006.15.2.149     Document Type: Article

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