Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 93-100 , March 2007

Physician Knowledge Levels and Barriers to Coronary Risk Prevention in Women: Survey Results from the Women and Heart Disease Physician Education Initiative

Presented in part at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine, Chicago Illinois (May 2004).

  • Janice Barnhart, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Bronx, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr. Janice Barnhart, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Belfer Building, Room 1306A, Bronx, New York 10461; Phone: 718-430-2317; Fax: 718-430-8780.
    • ,
  • Vivian Lewis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York
    • ,
  • Jan Laws Houghton, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York
    • ,
  • Pamela Charney, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Internal Medicine, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, Connecticut

Received 8 December 2005 ,Revised 21 November 2006 ,Accepted 28 November 2006.

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PII: S1049-3867(07)00002-3

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2006.11.003

Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 93-100 , March 2007

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