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Ethnic and gender differences in perceptions of mortality risk in a Canadian urban centre

BACKGROUND: Women reportedly do not perceive heart disease (HD) as a major threat to their health; however, men’s perceptions are rarely studied. PURPOSE: We explored gender and ethnic differences in risk perception of HD mortality. METHODS: The survey was completed by 976 people 40+ years of age, i...

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Autores principales: Grunau, Gilat L, Ratner, Pamela A, Hossain, Shahadut
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2840537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20428405