The relationships among stress, coping, social support, and weight class in premenopausal African American women at risk for coronary heart disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 272-278

  Strickland, Ora Lea ^a   Giger, Joyce Newman ^b   Nelson, Michelle A ^a   Davis, Claudia M ^b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Center for Vulnerable Populations   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY WEIGHT; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34250892023     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JCN.0000278964.05748.d8     Document Type: Article

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