Multiple health risk behaviors in German first year university students

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 189-195

  Keller, Stefan ^a,b   Maddock, Jason E ^a   Hannöver, Wolfgang ^c   Thyrian, J René ^c   Basler, Heinz Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diet; Drinking behavior; Exercise; Health behavior; Health promotion; Medical students; Multiple health behavior; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; STUDENTS, PREMEDICAL; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 39749155766     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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