Journal of Vascular Nursing
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 11-13 , March 2010

A description of gender differences in angiographic findings in a single-center Iranian hospital

  • Amir Afshin Khaki, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
    • ,
  • Arash Khaki, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Veterinary, Tabriz Islamic Azad University, Iran
    • ,
  • Mehrdad Heydari, Postgraduate student

      Affiliations

    • School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australia
    • ,
  • Leila Gholizadeh, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, and Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Dr. Leila Gholizadeh PhD, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology, PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Sydney, Australia.

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PII: S1062-0303(09)00107-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jvn.2009.10.002

Journal of Vascular Nursing
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 11-13 , March 2010

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