The relative influence of individual and contextual socio-economic status on consumption of fruit and soft drinks among adolescents in Europe

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 224-232

  Vereecken, Carine A ^a,d   Inchley, Joanna ^b   Subramanian, S V ^c   Hublet, Anne ^a   Maes, Lea ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Food habits; Multilevel; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EUROPE; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 25844460068     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki005     Document Type: Article

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