Awareness of cardiovascular disease risk in American Indians

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 345-350

  Oser, Carrie S ^a   Blades, Lynda L ^a   Strasheim, Carol ^b   Helgerson, Steven D ^a   Gohdes, Dorothy ^a   Harwell, Todd S ^a  

^a MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b Billings Area Indian Health Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Cardiovascular disease; Indian North American; Perception; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTANA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34250734988     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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