Symptoms and care seeking behaviour during myocardial infarction in patients with diabetes
Background: In Myocardial infarction (MI) it is well established that timely diagnosis and treatment may reduce mortality and improve the prognosis. Therefore it is important that patients with MI seek medical care as soon as possible. Patients with diabetes have a higher risk for MI and worse progn...
Main Author: | Hellström Ängerud, Karin |
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Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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Umeå universitet, Institutionen för omvårdnad
2015
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Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-99983 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7601-222-2 |
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