Lay public's knowledge and decisions in response to symptoms of acute myocardial infarction

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-59

  Cytryn, Kayla N ^a,b   Yoskowitz, Nicole A ^c   Cimino, James J ^c   Patel, Vimla L ^d  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Axdev   (Canada)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Decision making; Evaluation studies; Health education; Knowledge; Myocardial infarction; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60449115901     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-007-9085-z     Document Type: Article

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