Associations among health-related behaviours: Sociodemographic variation in Finland

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 225-232

  Laaksonen, Mikko ^a,b   Lahelma, Eero ^b   Prättälä, Ritva ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Health behaviour; Lifestyle; Sociodemographic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIET; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036387930     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-002-8212-0     Document Type: Article

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