'I'd rather go with a heart attack than drag on': Lay images of heart disease and the problems they present for primary and secondary prevention

Coronary Health Care

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-32

  Emslie, C ^a   Hunt, K ^b   Watt, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Glasgow University ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034752117     PISSN: 13623265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/chec.2000.0109     Document Type: Article

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