African-American mothers' perceptions of cholesterol and its effects on their children

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 145-150

  Price, James H ^a,b   Casler, Suzanne M ^a,b  

^a University of Toledo ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

African americans; Children; Cholesterol

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0030093873     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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