Cardiac rehabilitation: Health characteristics and socio-economic status among those who do not attend

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 479-483

  Nielsen, Kirsten M ^a   Faergeman, Ole ^a   Foldspang, Anders ^b   Larsen, Mogens L ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Myocardial infarction; Rehabilitation; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL; T WAVE;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 52949143792     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn060     Document Type: Article

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