Older men's health: Motivation, self-ratings, and behaviors

Nursing Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 198-206

  Loeb, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health promoting behaviors; Motivation; Older men; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SELF CONCEPT; WELLBEING; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEN; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 3042764540     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200405000-00007     Document Type: Article

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