Adolescent health inequality: Are behavioural factors important?;Sosial ulikhet i ungdoms helse: Er helseatferd viktig?

Norsk Epidemiologi

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-86

  Torsheim, Torbjørn ^a,b   Leversen, Ingrid ^a   Samdal, Oddrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Institutt for global helse og samfunnsmedisin   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 34250317867     PISSN: 08032491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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