Gender-based challenges faced by older Sikh women as immigrants: Recognizing and acting on the risk of coronary artery disease

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-40

  King, Kathryn M ^a   LeBlanc, Pam ^a   Sanguins, Julianne ^a   Mather, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Immigrant; Secondary prevention; Sikh; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA, WESTERN; CANADA; CORONARY DISEASE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33645546684     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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