Sex differences in patient-reported symptoms associated with myocardial infarction (from the population-based MONICA/KORA myocardial infarction registry)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1585-1589

  Kirchberger, Inge ^a,b   Heier, Margit ^a,b   Kuch, Bernhard ^a   Wende, Rupert ^a   Meisinger, Christa ^a,b  

^a KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAPHORESIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAW PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER PAIN; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79956151664     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.01.040     Document Type: Article

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