Women's experience of myocardial infarction

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2000, Pages

  Holliday, Julie E ^a   Lowe, Julia M ^a   Outram, Sue ^b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender; Myocardial infarction; Thrombolytic therapy; Treatment delay; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645199448     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-172x.2000.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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