Gender and ethnic differences in health beliefs and behaviors

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 219-231

  Courtenay, Will H ^a   McCreary, Donald R ^b   Merighi, Joseph R ^c  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DEF AND CIV INST OF ENVIRON MED   (Canada)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gender; Health beliefs; Race; Risk behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COLLEGE STUDENT; DIET; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0036098350     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105302007003216     Document Type: Article

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