Are computer and cell phone use associated with body mass index and overweight? A population study among twin adolescents

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lajunen, Hanna Reetta ^a   Keski Rahkonen, Anna ^a,b,c   Pulkkinen, Lea ^d   Rose, Richard J ^a,e   Rissanen, Aila ^b   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERNET; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SELF REPORT; TWINS; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CELL PHONES; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; OWNERSHIP; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33947232670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-24     Document Type: Article

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