Heart disease prevention practices among immigrant Vietnamese women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1293-1300

  Coronado, Gloria D ^a   Woodall, Erica D ^a   Do, Hoai ^a   Li, Lin ^a   Yasui, Yutaka ^b   Taylor, Vicky M ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; VEGETABLE; VIET NAM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; VIETNAM; WASHINGTON; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 52749098995     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2007.0751     Document Type: Article

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