Quality of life in women with heart failure

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 217-229

  Bennett, Susan J ^a   Baker, Susan L ^a   Huster, Gertrude A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0032065813     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/073993398246386     Document Type: Article

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