Do health control beliefs predict behaviour in Russians?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 73-81

  Perlman, Francesca ^a   Bobak, Martin ^a   Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Rose, Richard ^b   Marmot, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude to health; Attitudes; Health behaviour; Internal external control; Knowledge; Practice; Psychological models; Russia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0038349628     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-7435(03)00085-9     Document Type: Article

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