A preliminary study of a health-promoting lifestyle among Southeast Asian women in Taiwan

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 114-120

  Lee, Fang Hsin ^a   Wang, Hsiu Hung ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Health promoting lifestyle; Perceived health; Southeast Asian women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; LIFESTYLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TAIWAN; WELLBEING; WRITING; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 20744443504     PISSN: 02575655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1607-551x(09)70287-6     Document Type: Article

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