Perceptions about high blood pressure among mexican american adults diagnosed with hypertension

Family and Community Health

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-27

  Kolb, Sara E ^a   Zarate Abbott, Perla R ^a   Gillespie, Maria ^a   Deliganis, Jean ^a   Norgan, Gary H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD   (United States)

Author keywords

explanatory models; hypertension; Mexican American

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; TEXAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650877855     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e3181fdec84     Document Type: Article

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