Middle-aged women's awareness of cholesterol as a risk factor: Results from a national survey of Korean Middle-aged Women's Health Awareness (KomWHA) study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 452-460

  Choi, Eun Jin ^a   Jekal, Yoonsuk ^b   Kim, Sue ^a   Yoo, Ji Soo ^a   Kim, Hee Soon ^a   Oh, Eui Geum ^a   Jeon, Justin Y ^b   Jang, Yangsoo ^c   Chu, Sang Hui ^a   Kim, Mi Ja ^d  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei Institute of Sport Physical Education and Leisure Studies   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Cholesterol; Knowledge; Middle aged women; Risk reduction behavior

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA;

AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77549083346     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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