Women at risk for cardiovascular disease lack knowledge of heart attack symptoms

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 133-138

  Flink, Laura E ^a   Sciacca, Robert R ^a   Bier, Michael L ^a   Rodriguez, Juviza ^a   Giardina, Elsa Grace V ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW YORK CITY; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84875259262     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.22092     Document Type: Article

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