Mastery, perceived stress and health-related behaviour in northeast Arnhem Land: A cross-sectional study

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Daniel, Mark ^a,b,f   Brown, Alex ^b   Dhurrkay, J Garnggulkpuy ^c   Cargo, Margaret D ^d   O'Dea, Kerin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c Yalu Marnggithinyaraw Centre   (Australia)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; VEGETABLE;

EID: 33750045498     PISSN: 14759276     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-5-10     Document Type: Article

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