Patients' beliefs about the causes of heart disease: Relationships with risk factors, sex and socio-economic status

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 724-730

  Perkins Porras, Linda ^a   Whitehead, Daisy L ^a   Steptoe, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; attributions; beliefs; communication; gender; risk factors; socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEREDITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOOD; OBESITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM;

FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33749012524     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000216551.81882.11     Document Type: Article

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