Urban-rural, age and gender differences in health behaviours in the Chinese population: findings from a survey in Hubei, China

Public Health

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 761-764

  Mao, ZongFu ^a   Wu, Bei ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI;

EID: 34548018321     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.02.015     Document Type: Article

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