Quality of life in women with heart failure, normative groups, and patients with other chronic conditions

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 211-219

  Riedinger, Mary S ^a   Dracup, Kathleen A ^b   Brecht, Mary Lynn ^c  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARKINSON DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0036560012     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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