Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 91-104 , March 2008

Causal attributions, lifestyle change, and coronary heart disease: Illness beliefs of patients of South Asian and European origin living in the United Kingdom

  • Aliya Darr, PhD, MA, BA (Hons)

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Research in Primary Care, Institute of Health Sciences and Public Health Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Felicity Astin, PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons), RGN

      Affiliations

    • School of Healthcare, Baines Wing, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Felicity Astin, PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons), RGN, University of Leeds, School of Healthcare, Baines Wing, Leeds, West Yorkshore LS2 9OT, United Kingdom.
    • ,
  • Karl Atkin, DPhil, BA (Hons)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, Seebohm Rowntree Building (Area Four), University of York, York, United Kingdom.

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 The study was funded by The Community Fund and the British Heart Foundation (Grant Number RB217616).

PII: S0147-9563(07)00079-9

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2007.03.004

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 91-104 , March 2008

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