Perceived risk factors of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes in Cameroon

Health Education Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 612-620

  Awah, Paschal K ^a,b   Kengne, Andre P ^a,c   Fezeu, Leopold L K ^a,d   Mbanya, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute Nationale de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U780 IFR69   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CAMEROON; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 47249164072     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cym037     Document Type: Article

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