Factors related to cardiovascular disease risk reduction in midlife and older women: A qualitative study

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Folta, Sara C ^a   Goldberg, Jeanne P ^a   Lichtenstein, Alice H ^b   Seguin, Rebecca ^a   Reed, Peter N ^a   Nelson, Miriam E ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84979009620     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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