Coronary heart disease knowledge test: Developing a valid and reliable tool

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 28-38

  Smith, Molly M ^a   Hicks, Virginia L ^b   Heyward, Vivian H ^b  

^a WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0026147253     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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