Claudication symptom experience in men and women: Is there a difference?

Journal of Vascular Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 92-97

  Tomczyk, Sara ^a   Treat Jacobson, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70449375074     PISSN: 10620303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvn.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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