Gender-related differences in hospitalized heart failure patients
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Relationship Between Spiritual Intelligence and Illness-Related Worries in Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure in Mazandaran, Iran
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Heart Failure
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1388-9842
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hft024