Use of the Internet for health information by African-Americans with modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 304-310

  Laken, Marilyn A ^a   O'Rourke, Kathleen ^a   Duffy, Nadejda Grigebovskaya ^a   Swinton, Rosetta ^a   Jordan, Jeannette ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; DISEASES; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; INTERNET; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH CAROLINA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES (CVD); DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HEALTH INFORMATION;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNET; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION;

EID: 4744355226     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2004.10.304     Document Type: Article

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