A moment in time: Selected results from the 1996-1997 New Zealand health survey

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 296-306

  Sarfati, Diana ^a   Scott, Kate M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASTHMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034203540     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019810002700304     Document Type: Review

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