Health-related behaviors, social support, and community morale

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 166-182

  Tsutsumi, Akizumi ^a,b   Tsutsumi, Kaname ^c   Kayaba, Kazunori ^d   Igarashi, Masahiro ^d  

^a Akaike Town Hospital   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Kyushu International University   (Japan)

^d JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community; Gender; Health behaviors; Morale; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031682691     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327558ijbm0502_6     Document Type: Article

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