Education, income, occupational status and health risk behaviour

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 401-405

  Nocon, Marc ^a   Keil, Thomas ^a   Willich, Stefan N ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Obesity; Physical activity; Smoking; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCOME; JOB ADAPTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 34748887117     PISSN: 09431853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-007-0120-6     Document Type: Article

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