Network models for large cities: The European experience

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 164-169

  Huber, Kurt ^a   Goldstein, Patrick ^b   Danchin, Nicolas ^c   Fox, Keith A A ^d  

^a WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EUROPE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MODEL; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THERAPY DELAY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CITIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EUROPE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 75149183291     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2009.174953     Document Type: Review

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