Knowledge about cardiovascular risk factors among obese individuals

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 275-279

  Andersson, Per ^a   Sjöberg, Rickard L ^b   Öhrvik, John ^b   Leppert, Jerzy ^b  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Educational level; Knowledge of risk factors; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEX RATIO;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 33750287588     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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