Impact of a public campaign on pre-hospital delay in patients reporting chest pain

Heart

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 150-155

  Gaspoz, J M ^a   Unger, P F ^a   Urban, P ^a   Chevrolet, J C ^a   Rutishauser, W ^a   Lovis, C ^a   Goldman, L ^b   Heliot C ^a   Sechaud L ^c   Mischler, S ^a   Waldvogel, F A ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c School of Nursing Le Bon Secours   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Myocardial infarction; Pre hospital delay; Public campaign

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SWITZERLAND; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 9344233904     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.76.2.150     Document Type: Article

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