Improving outcomes for women with myocardial infarction

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1162-1163

  Greenland, Philip ^a   Gulati, Martha ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33745017627     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.166.11.1162     Document Type: Editorial

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