Are women worrying about heart disease?

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 204-211

  Biswas, Mimi Sen ^a,b   Calhoun, Patrick S ^a,b   Bosworth, Hayden B ^a,b   Bastian, Lori A ^a,b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036288604     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-3867(02)00136-6     Document Type: Article

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