Knowledge of young African American adults about heart disease: A cross-sectional survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Winham, Donna M ^a   Jones, Kathleen M ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955087084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-248     Document Type: Article

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