Beliefs and attitudes regarding cardiovascular disease risk factors: A health survey in 10,141 Greek men and women (2006-2012)

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 4847-4849

  Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a   Georgousopoulou, Ekavi N ^a   Polychronopoulos, Evangelos ^a   Vassilakou, Tonia ^b   Chrysohoou, Christina ^c   Pitsavos, Christos ^c   Athyros, Vasilios ^d   Goudevenos, John ^e  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Attitudes; CVD risk factors; Health beliefs; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KNOWLEDGE; LETTER; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GREECE; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84886388166     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.07.070     Document Type: Article

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