Perceptions of heart attack risk amongst individuals with diabetes

Primary Care Diabetes

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 239-244

  Price, Hermione C ^a   Dudley, Christina ^a,b   Barrow, Beryl ^a,b   Griffin, Simon J ^c   Holman, Rury R ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NIHR OXFORD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Focus groups; Lay perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCEPTION; RISK; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70649109835     PISSN: 17519918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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