Changes in Cardiovascular Disease knowledge and behavior in a low-education population of African-American and white adults

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 244-254

  Smith, Nicholas L ^a,e   Croft, Janet B ^b   Heath, Gregory W ^c   Cokkinides, Vilma ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Community Based; Health Behavior; Health Promotion; Race

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0030225011     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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