Relationship between health practices and education level in the rural japanese population

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 149-156

  Anzai, Yukiko ^a   Ohkubo, Takayoshi ^a,b   Nishino, Yoshikazu ^a   Tsuji, Ichiro ^a   Hisamichi, Shigeru ^b  

^a MIYAGI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Education level; Health practice; Japanese; Smoking, alcohol

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34547135992     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.10.149     Document Type: Article

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