Gender differences in the consumption of meat, fruit and vegetables are similar in Finland and the Baltic countries

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 520-525

  Prättälä, Ritva ^a   Paalanen, Laura ^a   Grinberga, Daiga ^b   Helasoja, Ville ^a   Kasmel, Anu ^c   Petkeviciene, Janina ^d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Health Promotion State Agency   (Latvia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Baltic countries; Finland; Food; Gender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ESTONIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMININITY; FINLAND; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MALE; MEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BALTIC STATES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 35648941194     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl265     Document Type: Article

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