Lay concepts of the relative importance of different influences on health; are there major socio-demographic variations?

Health Education Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 731-739

  Macintyre, Sally ^a   McKay, Laura ^a   Ellaway, Anne ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33748996205     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyl015     Document Type: Article

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