Gender bias in acute myocardial infarction

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 42-55

  Efre, Andrea J ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREJUDICE; RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 16644378995     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006205-200411000-00008     Document Type: Article

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