Lose weight and win: A church-based weight loss program for blood pressure control among black women

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 19-32

  Kumanyika, Shiriki K ^a,c   Charleston, Jeanne B ^b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Liberty Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Hypertension; Weight control; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BALTIMORE; BLACKS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRISTIANITY; EXERCISE; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NUTRITION; OBESITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0026574915     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0738-3991(92)90099-5     Document Type: Article

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