Public knowledge of heart attack symptoms in Beijing residents

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 1587-1591

  Zhang, Qing Tan ^a   Hu, Da Yi ^a   Yang, Jin Gang ^a   Zhang, Shou Yan ^a   Zhang, Xin Quan ^a   Liu, Shu Shan ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heart attack; Knowledge; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCOME; JAW DISEASE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SHOULDER PAIN; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEATING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; VOMITING;

EID: 35348953881     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200709020-00008     Document Type: Article

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