Cardiovascular risk factors among Arabic-speaking patients attending Arabic-speaking general practitioners in Sydney, Australia: Opportunities for intervention

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-222

  Rissel, Chris ^a,b   Lesjak, Margaret ^a   Ward, Jeanette ^a  

^a Ctrl Sydney Area Hlth Serv (CR   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Cardiovascular risk factors; Ethnicity; General practice

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BREAD; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FRUIT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRANT; INFLUENZA; LANGUAGE; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING;

AUSTRLIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

EID: 0031706022     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.1998.9961863     Document Type: Article

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