Health-related behaviors of women physicians vs other women in the United States

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 342-348

  Frank, Erica ^a,b   Brogan, Donna J ^a   Mokdad, Ali H ^c   Simoes, Eduardo J ^d   Kahn, Henry S ^b   Greenberg, Raymond S ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032559644     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.4.342     Document Type: Article

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