Gender related differences in symptom perception of the coronary artery disease condition;Geschlechtsdifferenzen in der wahrnehmung von symptomen bei der koronaren herzerkrankung

Herz Kreislauf

Volumn 31, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 296-303

  Ladwig, K H ^a   Marten Mittag, B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Gender differences; Symptom reporting; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0032787449     PISSN: 00467324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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