Women & heart disease: Symptoms and treatment guidelines

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 22-27

  Wells, Margaret ^a   Kalman, Melanie ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Women and heart disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84855602603     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000403287.84771.c7     Document Type: Article

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