Health beliefs and heart disease risk among middle-aged Swedish men. Results from screening in an urban primary care district

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 198-202

  Troein, Margareta ^a   Råstam, Lennart ^a   Selander, Staffan ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health beliefs; Hypercholesterolaemia; Risk behaviour; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HABIT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SWEDEN; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0030679648     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813439709035028     Document Type: Article

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