Are variations in rates of attending cultural activities associated with population health in the United States?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Wilkinson, Anna V ^a   Waters, Andrew J ^a   Bygren, Lars Olov ^b,c   Tarlov, Alvin R ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CULTURAL ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME VARIABLE; POPULATION; RECREATION; RISK; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ART; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LITERATURE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ART; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CULTURE; DRAMA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35949001180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-226     Document Type: Article

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