Focus groups on cardiovascular health in rural women: Implications for practice

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 38-46

  Krummel, Debra A ^a   Humphries, Debbie ^a   Tessaro, Irene ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Focus groups; Prevention; Rural; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL WORK; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0036461221     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1499-4046(06)60223-6     Document Type: Article

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