Knowledge and behaviour regarding heart disease prevention in Chinese Canadian immigrants

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 232-235

  Hislop, T Gregory ^a   Teh, Chong ^a   Low, Angeline ^a   Yasui, Yutaka ^b   Tu, Shin Ping ^c,d   Li, Lin ^c   Taylor, Vicky M ^c,d  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c USA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Attitudes; Emigration and immigration; Health knowledge; Heart diseases; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHINA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 46149098903     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405480     Document Type: Article

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