A convergence of health beliefs: An "ethnography of adherence" of African-American rural elders with hypertension

Human Organization

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 174-181

  Schoenberg, Nancy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; African Americans; Diet; Elders; Hypertension; Rural health; US

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004911851     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.56.2.471j75q6k1206228     Document Type: Article

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