Income and health behaviours. Evidence from monitoring surveys among Finnish adults

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 711-717

  Laaksonen, M ^a   Prattala R ^b   Helasoja, V ^b   Uutela, A ^b   Lahelma, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; OCCUPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LEISURE; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

FINLAND;

EID: 0042319075     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.9.711     Document Type: Article

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