Global review of delay time in seeking medical care for chest pain: An integrative literature review

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 13-20

  Wechkunanukul, Kannikar ^a   Grantham, Hugh ^b   Clark, Robyn A ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain; Delay time; Ethnicity; Seeking medical care

Indexed keywords

CHEST PAIN; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

CHEST PAIN; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84964284756     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2016.04.002     Document Type: Review

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