Knowledge of a patient-dependant phase of acute myocardial infarction in Polish adults: The role of physician's advice

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 603-608

  Kopec, Grzegorz ^a   Sobien, Bartosz ^a   Podolec, Mateusz ^a   Dziedzic, Hanna ^a   Zarzecka, Joanna ^a   Loster, Bartlomiej ^a   Pajak, Andrzej ^b   Podolec, Piotr ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

delay in calling ambulance; emergency phone number; knowledge of heart attack symptoms; patient behaviour

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHEST PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80053521855     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq110     Document Type: Article

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