Statewide Awareness Study on Personal Risks of Cardiovascular Disease in Women: A Go Red North Dakota Study

Women's Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-50

  Mozumdar, Arupendra ^a   Liguori, Gary ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease awareness; Go Red North Dakota; health belief model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNET; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH DAKOTA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951225207     PISSN: 17455057     EISSN: 17455065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/WHE.09.78     Document Type: Article

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