Illness representations according to age and effects on health behaviors following coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 284-289

  Gump, Brooks B ^a   Matthews, Karen A ^b   Scheier, Michael F ^c   Schulz, Richard ^b   Bridges, Michael W ^c   Magoverm Sr , George J ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Attitude to health; Coronary artery bypass; Middle age; Perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SELF REPORT; SENESCENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035087917     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.4930284.x     Document Type: Article

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