A description of gender differences in angiographic findings in a single-center Iranian hospital

Journal of Vascular Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-13

  Khaki, Amir Afshin ^a   Khaki, Arash ^b   Heydari, Mehrdad ^c   Gholizadeh, Leila ^d  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 76849106524     PISSN: 10620303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvn.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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