Area variations in health behaviours

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-129

  Locker, David ^a   Payne, Barbara ^a   Ford, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; ORAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0029980261     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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