journal of men's health
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 218-226 , September 2008

Older immigrant Sikh men's perspective of the challenges of managing coronary heart disease risk

  • Harman Bedi, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Canada
    • ,
  • Pamela LeBlanc

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Canada
    • ,
  • Lisa McGregor, RN, MSc, BN

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Charles Mather, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary, Canada
    • ,
  • Kathryn M. King, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing, and Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Canada

Received 3 March 2008 ,Accepted 21 April 2008.

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PII: S1875-6867(08)00140-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jomh.2008.04.006

journal of men's health
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 218-226 , September 2008

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