Patients' interpretation of symptoms as a cause of delay in reaching hospital during acute myocardial infarction.

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Published in Heart on April 01, 2000

Authors

R Horne1, D James, K Petrie, J Weinman, R Vincent

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1: Centre for Health Care Research, University of Brighton, Falmer Campus, Brighton BN1 9PH, UK. r.horne@brighton.ac.uk

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