Performance of the WHO Rose angina questionnaire in post-menopausal women: Are all of the questions necessary?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 538-541

  Lawlor, D A ^a   Adamson, J ^a   Ebrahim, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SURVEY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WOMENS HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WHO ROSE ANGINA QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CHEST PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037804097     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.7.538     Document Type: Review

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