"Maybe it could be a heart attack ... but I'm only 31": Young men's lived experience of myocardial infarction - An exploratory study

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 116-125

  Allison, Maggie ^a   Campbell, Carol ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Qualitative research; Younger men

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 66149132702     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988307308519     Document Type: Article

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