Healthy behaviors among women in the United States and Ontario: The effect on use of preventive care

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1755-1759

  Hofer, Timothy P ^a,c   Katz, Steven J ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SEATBELT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; PALPATION; SEAT BELTS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0030444994     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.12.1755     Document Type: Article

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