Women and Men with Coronary Heart Disease in Three Countries: Are They Treated Differently?

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-198

  Bönte, Markus ^a   von dem Knesebeck, Olaf ^a   Siegrist, Johannes ^a   Marceau, Lisa ^b   Link, Carol ^b   Arber, Sara ^c   Adams, Ann ^d   McKinlay, John B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 42949169120     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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