Health behaviours and socio-economic status in Ontario, Canada

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 613-622

  Pomerleau, Joceline ^a   Pederson, Linda L ^b,c   Østbye, Truls ^d   Speechley, Mark ^c,d   Speechley, Kathy N ^d,e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Drew Mehavy Morehouse Consortium C ^*  (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e CHILDREN S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Dietary fats; Exercise; Health behaviour; Smoking; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; DIET; EDUCATION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIETARY FATS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030858124     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007339720807     Document Type: Article

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