Gender, ethnicity, and cardiovascular disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Allen, Jerilyn ^a   Szanton, Sarah ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Ethnicity; Gender

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONVALESCENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING DISCIPLINE; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, NURSING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14744269050     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005082-200501000-00002     Document Type: Article

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