Factors affecting use of preventive tests for cardiovascular risk among Greeks

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2712-2724

  Pappa, Evelina ^a   Kontodimopoulos, Nick ^a   Papadopoulos, Angelos A ^a,b   Pallikarona, Georgia ^c   Niakas, Dimitris ^a   Tountas, Yannis ^a,c  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Greece; Health risks; Preventive tests; Self perceived health; Socio demographic factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GREECE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449366133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph6102712     Document Type: Article

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