Multidimensional health locus of control in American Indians: The Strong Heart Study

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 338-344

  Egan, John Thomas ^a   Leonardson, Gary ^b   Best, Lyle G ^b   Welty, Thomas ^b   Calhoun, Darren ^c   Beals, Janette ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MISSOURI BREAKS INDUSTRIES RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^c MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indians; Health beliefs; Multidimensional health locus of control; The Strong Heart Study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIDIMENSIONAL HEALTH LOCUS OF CONTROL SCALE; WAIST HIP RATIO; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; CULTURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349776487     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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