Predicting small-area health-related behaviour: A comparison of smoking and drinking indicators

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 1109-1120

  Twigg, Liz ^a   Moon, Graham ^a   Jones, Kelvyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drinking; Health survey for England; Multilevel models; Smoking

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ENGLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

EID: 0033985467     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00359-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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