Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 61, Issue 10 , Pages 1073-1079 , October 2008

Cardiologists' charting varied by risk factor, and was often discordant with patient report

  • Shannon Gravely-Witte

      Affiliations

    • University Health Network Women's Health Program, 200 Elizabeth St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4
    • York University, Norman Bethune College, 222B, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. York University, Faculty of Health, Norman Bethune College, 222B, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J IP3. Tel.: (416) 736-2100 ext. 20575; fax: (416) 736-5774.
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  • Donna E. Stewart

      Affiliations

    • University Health Network Women's Health Program, 200 Elizabeth St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4
    • The University of Toronto, 35 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A4
    • ,
  • Neville Suskin

      Affiliations

    • London Health Sciences Centre and University of Western Ontario, University Hospital, Room C6-124G, 339 Windermere Rd, London Ontario, Canada N6A 5A5
    • ,
  • Lyall Higginson

      Affiliations

    • University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Room H-3409, 40 Ruskin St., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1Y 4W7
    • ,
  • David A. Alter

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences, G1 06, 2075 Bayview Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5
    • St. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 1W8
    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, 345 Rumsey Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4G 1R7
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  • Sherry L. Grace

      Affiliations

    • University Health Network Women's Health Program, 200 Elizabeth St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4
    • York University, Norman Bethune College, 222B, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3

,Accepted 25 November 2007.

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PII: S0895-4356(07)00452-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.11.017

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 61, Issue 10 , Pages 1073-1079 , October 2008

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