Sociodemographic and health behaviour factors associated with obesity in adult populations in Estonia, Finland and Lithuania

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 390-394

  Klumbiene, Jurate ^a   Petkeviciene, Janina ^a   Helasoja, Ville ^b   Prättälä, Ritva ^b   Kasmel, Anu ^c  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Health behaviour; Obesity; Sociodemographic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 13244252207     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/14.4.390     Document Type: Article

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