Incidence of sudden cardiac arrest is higher in areas of low socioeconomic status: A prospective two year study in a large United States community

Resuscitation

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 186-192

  Reinier, Kyndaron ^a   Stecker, Eric C ^a   Vickers, Catherine ^a   Gunson, Karen ^b   Jui, Jonathan ^b   Chugh, Sumeet S ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator (AED); Cardiac arrest; Prevention; Socio economic status; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746930312     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.11.018     Document Type: Article

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