"Missing Pieces": Exploring cardiac risk perceptions in older women

Research in Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 107-115

  Lefler, Leanne L ^a   McSweeney, Jean C ^a   Garner, Kimberly K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877040788     PISSN: 19404921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20121217-01     Document Type: Article

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