Attitudes about treatment of coronary heart disease among women and men presenting for exercise testing

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 311-314

  Ayanian, John Z ^a,b   Epstein, Arnold M ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

attitude to health; coronary angiography; coronary artery bypass; exercise test; gender (sex)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030943977     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-006-5068-7     Document Type: Article

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