Chest pain in rural communities; balancing decisions and distance

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-345

  Baker, Tim ^a   Mccoombe, Scott ^b   Mercer Grant, Cate ^b   Brumby, Susan ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Deakin University School of Medicine and Western District Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural worker; Chest pain; Emergency medicine; Health literacy; Rural health service

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EDUCATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; VICTORIA;

EID: 79958812359     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01412.x     Document Type: Article

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