Trends in smoking, diet, physical exercise, and attitudes toward health in European university students from 13 countries, 1990-2000

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-104

  Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a   Cui, Weiwei ^a   Bellisle, France ^b   Zotti, Anna Maria ^c   Baranyai, Reka ^d   Sanderman, Robert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health behavior; Health beliefs; International health; Risk awareness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AWARENESS; BELGIUM; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EDUCATION; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRANCE; FRUIT; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ICELAND; IRELAND; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POLAND; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SMOKING; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036389513     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2002.1048     Document Type: Article

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