Women and heart disease: Knowledge, worry and motivation

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1529-1534

  Galbraith, Erin M ^a   Mehta, Puja K ^b   Veledar, Emir ^a   Vaccarino, Viola ^a   Wenger, Nanette K ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 80053985530     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2010.2356     Document Type: Article

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