The interplay of socioeconomic status and ethnicity on Hispanic and White men's cardiovascular disease risk and health communication patterns

Health Education Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 407-417

  Ribisl, Kurt M ^a   Winkleby, Marilyn A ^a   Fortmann, Stephen P ^a   Flora, June A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031726060     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/13.3.407     Document Type: Article

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