Association between alcohol use and cardiovascular self-care behaviors among male hypertensive veterans affairs outpatients: A cross-sectional study

Substance Abuse

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 6-12

  Rittmueller, Stacey E ^a   Frey, Madeleine S ^b   Williams, Emily C ^c,d   Sun, Haili ^c   Bryson, Chris L ^c,d   Bradley, Katharine A ^b,c,d  

^a Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences   (United States)

^b GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; cardiovascular; hypertension; self care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SMOKING; SODIUM RESTRICTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VETERAN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; SELF CARE; SMOKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84925851430     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2014.932318     Document Type: Article

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