Ethnic Differences in Temporal Orientation and Its Implications for Hypertension Management

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 350-361

  Brown, Carolyn M ^a   Segal, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME PERCEPTION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030338420     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2137262     Document Type: Article

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