The Mosque Campaign: A cardiovascular prevention program for female Turkish immigrants

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 118, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 217-223

  Bader, Angelika ^a   Musshauser, Doris ^a   Sahin, Filiz ^a   Bezirkan, Hayriye ^a   Hochleitner, Margarethe ^b  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Cardiovascular risk factors; Culture sensitive prevention program; Equality; Female Turkish immigrants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPOPROTEINEMIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; ISLAM; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33745745111     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-006-0587-0     Document Type: Article

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