Are there gender differences in the reasons why African Americans delay in seeking medical help for symptoms of an acute myocardial infarction?

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 221-227

  Banks, Angela D ^a,b   Dracup, Kathleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b Department of Physiological Nursing ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Heart disease

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAN FRANCISCO; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447504881     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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