"...Take up thy bed, and vote" Measuring the relationship between voting behaviour and indicators of health

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 400-401

  Denny, Kevin J ^a   Doyle, Orla M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Mental health; NCDS; Self rated general health; Smoking and alcohol consumption; Voter turnout

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; ENGLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL HEALTH; POLITICS;

EID: 34547742112     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckm002     Document Type: Article

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