Take it to heart: A national health screening and education project in African-American communities: A joint project of the NMA and bayer corporation

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 649-652

  Keys, Iris R ^a  

^a Criminal Justice and Applied Social and Political Sciences Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Community intervention; Hypertension; Take it to heart

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033253781     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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