Physician Knowledge Levels and Barriers to Coronary Risk Prevention in Women. Survey Results from the Women and Heart Disease Physician Education Initiative

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-100

  Barnhart, Janice ^a   Lewis, Vivian ^b   Houghton, Jan Laws ^c   Charney, Pamela ^a,d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NORWALK HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34047191782     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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