Psychosocial factors related to cardiovascular disease risk in UK South Asian men: A preliminary study

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 559-570

  Williams, Emily D ^a   Kooner, Ishminder ^b   Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Kooner, Jaspal S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 35648957724     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910706X144441     Document Type: Article

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