Gender differences in the management and outcome of patients with acute coronary artery disease

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 791-797

  Raine, Rosalind A ^a   Black, N A ^a   Bowker, T J ^b   Wood, D A ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE; MANAGEMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RELIABILITY; REVASCULARIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREJUDICE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036785317     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.56.10.791     Document Type: Article

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