Health care disparities in cardiovascular disease: A focus on gender

Gender Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-12

  Henry, Sharon A ^a,b  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^b AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 18444381175     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1550-8579(05)80004-X     Document Type: Article

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