Lay explanations for Kentucky's "coronary valley"

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-62

  Narevic, Egle ^a   Schoenberg, Nancy E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Knowledge; Risk factors; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; STRESS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036481684     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013832326912     Document Type: Article

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