Health-related lifestyles and alienation in Moscow and Helsinki

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1325-1341

  Palosuo, Hannele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alienation; Finland; Health behaviour; Lifestyle; Russia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALIENATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HABIT; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0034335388     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00095-2     Document Type: Article

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