Gender specific variations in the description, intensity and location of Angina Pectoris: A cross-sectional study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 965-974

  Ghezeljeh, Tahereh Najafi ^a   Momtahen, Mahmoud ^b   Tessma, Mesfin Kassaye ^c   Nikravesh, Mansoureh Yadavar ^a   Ekman, Inger ^d   Emami, Azita ^e  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Coronary heart disease; Gender; Pain description; Pain intensity; Pain location

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; COMPLICATION;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77953622078     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.12.021     Document Type: Article

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