Influence of physician's gender on alerting reaction in the elderly;Influencia del sexo del médico en la reacción de alerta ante la toma de la presión arterial en el anciano

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 473-478

  Del Arco Galán, Carmen ^a,b   Suárez Fernández, Carmen ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032087737     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(98)74776-1     Document Type: Article

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