Patients in primary health care diagnosed and treated as heart failure, with special reference to gender differences

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 14-19

  Agvall, B ^a   Dahlstrom U ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Diagnostic procedures; Epidemiology; Gender differences; Heart failure; Primary health care; Treatment

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0035098808     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028134301300034549     Document Type: Article

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