The association between health-related behaviours and the risk of divorce in the USA

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-88

  Fu, Haishan ^a,c   Goldman, Noreen ^b  

^a UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIVORCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; RISK; SHORT STATURE; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CRIME; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033954091     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932000000638     Document Type: Article

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