College students' knowledge of concepts related to the metabolic syndrome

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 367-379

  Becker, Bettina Maria ^a   Bromme, Rainer ^a   Jucks, Regina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compliance; Lay understanding; Metabolic syndrome; Patient counseling; Physician patient communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 45849098716     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500701405525     Document Type: Article

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