Clustering of lifestyle risk factors in a general adult population

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 219-224

  Schuit, A Jantine ^a   Van Loon, A Jeanne M ^a   Tijhuis, Marja ^a   Ocké, Marga C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adults; Clustering; Lifestyle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0036392038     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2002.1064     Document Type: Article

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