Health status, health-related life-styles and concerns among young adults in Geneva;Etat de sante, habitudes et preoccupations liees a la sante chez de jeunes adultes genevois

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 195-203

  Etter, Jean François ^a,b   Perneger, Thomas V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b CMU   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONDOM; DRUNKEN DRIVING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; SEATBELT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING; SWITZERLAND; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; SWITZERLAND; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030826371     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02298040     Document Type: Article

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