African-American women's perceptions of their most serious health problems

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-40

  Sadler, Georgia Robins ^a,b,c   Escobar, Rita Paola ^a,b   Ko, Celine Marie ^a,b   White, Monique ^a,b   Lee, Shianti ^a,b   Neal, Tiffany ^a,b   Gilpin, Elizabeth A ^a,b  

^a UCSD School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cancer; Cardiovascular; Diabetes; Early detection; Heart disease; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 12344332489     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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