Women's descriptions of symptoms and delay reasons in seeking medical care at the time of a first myocardial infarction: A qualitative study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1003-1010

  Sjöström Strand, Annica ^a   Fridlund, Bengt ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Delay; Emergency medical care; Myocardial infarction; Nursing; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 44949249014     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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