Self-rated cardiovascular risk and 15-year cardiovascular mortality

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 302-306

  Gramling, Robert ^a,b,e   Klein, William ^c   Roberts, Mary ^a   Waring, Molly E ^a,b   Gramling, David ^d   Eaton, Charles B ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Rochester Center to Improve Communication in Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Denial; Fear; Health knowledge, attitudes, practice; Risk reduction behavior; Social psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

EID: 48249137631     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.859     Document Type: Article

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