Correcting Misconceptions about Women and Heart Disease

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 26-33

  Moser, Debra K ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

AGED; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0031112980     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3465221     Document Type: Article

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