Modifiable High-Risk Behaviors for Cardiovascular Disease among Family Physicians in the United States: A National Survey

Archives of Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 246-250

  LeBlanc, Kim E ^a   Scarinci, Isabel C ^b   LeBlanc, Leanne L ^a   Jones, Glenn N ^a,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RISK-TAKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031134719     PISSN: 10633987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfami.6.3.246     Document Type: Review

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