Racial differences in health concern

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-42

  Voils, Corrine I ^a,b,d   Oddone, Eugene Z ^a,b   Weinfurt, Kevin P ^a,b,c   Friedman, Joëlle Y ^a,c   Bright, Cedric M ^a,b   Schulman, Kevin A ^a,b,c   Bosworth, Hayden B ^a,b  

^a Duke University Medical Center ^*

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health concerns; Perceived risk; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIET; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 30444446303     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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