The recovery mosaic: Older women's lived experiences after a myocardial infarction

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 355-367

  Kerr, Evelyn E ^a   Fothergill Bourbonnais, Frances ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORK;

EID: 0036734418     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhl.2002.127939     Document Type: Article

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