Differences by age and race/ethnicity in knowledge about hypercholesterolemia

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Kaplan, Robert C ^a   Bhalodkar, Narendra C ^b   Brown, David L ^a,c   White, Jessica ^a   Brown Jr , Edward J ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Hypercholesterolemia

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SELF REPORT; STROKE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644877655     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.crd.0000160308.62033.29     Document Type: Article

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