The effects of patient sex and race on medical students' ratings of quality of life

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 561-566

  Rathore, Saif S ^a   Lenert, Leslie A ^b   Weinfurt, Kevin P ^a   Tinoco, Aldo ^c   Taleghani, Christopher K ^a,d   Harless, William ^e   Schulman, Kevin A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Interactive Drama   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034060333     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(00)00352-1     Document Type: Article

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