Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 6 , Pages 342-354 , December 2007

Association between subjective descriptors of coronary pain and disease characteristics: A pilot study in a Hellenic rural population

  • Dimitrios Ch. Tziallas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Stavrou Niarchou Ave., Ioannina, 45500, Greece
    • These authors contributed to the study equally.
    • ,
  • Elizabeth D.E. Papathanassoglou

      Affiliations

    • University of Athens School of Nursing, Greece
    • These authors contributed to the study equally.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: University of Athens School of Nursing, 123 Papadiamantopoulou St., Athens, GR-11527, Greece Tel.: +30 210 7461484; fax: +30 210 7461495.
    • ,
  • Catherine K. Kastanioti

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece
    • ,
  • Maria Fatourou

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Department, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece
    • ,
  • Maria N. Karanikola

      Affiliations

    • University of Athens School of Nursing, Greece
    • ,
  • Margarita D. Giannakopoulou

      Affiliations

    • University of Athens School of Nursing, Greece

,Accepted 26 March 2007.

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PII: S0964-3397(07)00030-4

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2007.03.010

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