Socio-regional context as a determinant of adolescents' health behaviour in Finland

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1467-1474

  Karvonen, Sakari ^a   Rimpelä, Arja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Contextual analysis; Health behaviour; Socio economic differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0030298135     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(96)00044-5     Document Type: Article

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