Risky behaviors among Ohio Appalachian adults

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Wewers, Mary Ellen ^a   Katz, M ^a,b   Fickle, Darla ^b   Paskett, E D ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALORIC INTAKE; DEMOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; APPALACHIAN REGION; CHRISTIANITY; ENERGY INTAKE; FORECASTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OHIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING;

EID: 39049182145     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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