Editorial: Gender delay in emergency medical services does it really exist?

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-5

  Ornato, Joseph P ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Emergency medical services; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER BIAS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEART DISEASE; MALE; NOTE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRIAGE;

EID: 75449090291     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.108.841916     Document Type: Editorial

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