Effects of marital transitions on changes in dietary and other health behaviours in US women

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-78

  Lee, Sunmin ^a,b,e   Cho, Eunyoung ^a   Grodstein, Francine ^a,b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a,b,c   Hu, Frank B ^a,b   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Harvard Center for Society and Health   (United States)

^d HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Body mass index; Diet; Mammography; Marital status; Physical activity; Smoking; Women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BODY MASS; DIET; MARRIAGE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DIVORCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WIDOW;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; DIVORCE; EXERTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; WIDOWHOOD; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 14844301709     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh258     Document Type: Article

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