Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 38, Issue 4 , Pages 330-335 , July 2009

Information from health care professionals about sexual function and coexistence after myocardial infarction: A Swedish national survey

  • Bodil Ivarsson, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Bodil Ivarsson, RN, PhD, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lund University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden
    • ,
  • Bengt Fridlund, RNT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Växjö University, Växjö, Sweden
    • School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden
    • ,
  • Trygve Sjöberg, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

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 This study was supported by grants from the Southern Sweden Nurse's Home and the Ottar Foundation.

PII: S0147-9563(09)00002-8

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2009.01.001

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 38, Issue 4 , Pages 330-335 , July 2009

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