Health promotion behaviors of residents with hypertension in Iwate, Japan and North Carolina, USA

Japan Journal of Nursing Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-32

  Kemppainen, Jeanne ^a   Bomar, Perri J ^a   Kikuchi, Kazuko ^b   Kanematsu, Yuriko ^b   Ambo, Hiroaki ^c   Noguchi, Kyoko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b IWATE PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Health promotion; Health promotion lifestyle ii; Hypertension; Pender

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 79957476672     PISSN: 17427932     EISSN: 17427924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7924.2010.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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