Racial differences in treatment-seeking delays among heart failure patients.

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Published in J Card Fail on December 01, 2002

Authors

Lorraine S Evangelista1, Kathleen Dracup, Lynn V Doering

Author Affiliations

1: University of California, Los Angeles, School of Nursing, USA.

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