The challenge of women and heart disease

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 2396-

  Dracup, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 37149029822     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.22.2396     Document Type: Editorial

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