Health-related behaviours and psycho-social characteristics of 18 year-old Australians

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1549-1562

  Milligan, R A K ^a   Burke, V ^a   Beilin, L J ^a   Richards, J ^b   Dunbar, D ^c   Spencer, M ^a   Balde, E ^a   Gracey, M P ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Alcohol; Behaviour change; Diet; Physical activity; Self efficacy; Smoking; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; COST; DEPRESSION; DIET; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLANNING; SELF CONTROL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; TIME; TYPE A BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIETARY FATS; EXERCISE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; TYPE A PERSONALITY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030725134     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00092-0     Document Type: Article

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