Nine-year trends and racial and ethnic disparities in women's awareness of heart disease and stroke: An American Heart Association national study

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-81

  Christian, Allison H ^a   Rosamond, Wayne ^b   White, Anthony R ^c   Mosca, Lori ^a,d  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINORITY GROUP; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; STROKE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33847184284     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2006.M072     Document Type: Article

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