Barriers to obtaining diagnostic testing for coronary artery disease among veterans

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2207-2213

  Siminoff, Laura A ^a   Hausmann, Leslie R M ^b   Ibrahim, Said ^b,c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNEMPLOYMENT; VETERAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PENNSYLVANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 57149108691     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.123224     Document Type: Article

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