Knowledge of heart attack symptoms in a population survey in the United States: The REACT trial

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 2329-2338

  Goff Jr , David C ^a   Sellers, Deborah E ^b   McGovern, Paul G ^b   Meischke, Hendrika ^b   Goldberg, Robert J ^b   Bittner, Vera ^b   Hedges, Jerris R ^b   Allender, P Scott ^b   Nichaman, Milton Z ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEATING; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3643050859     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.21.2329     Document Type: Article

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