Sense of coherence, lifestyle choices and mortality

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 829-831

  Wainwright, Nick W J ^a   Surtees, P G ^a   Welch, A A ^a   Luben, R N ^a   Khaw, K T ^b   Bingham, S A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d MRC Centre for Nutritional Epidemiology in Cancer Prevention and Survival   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NORFOLK ISLAND; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; ENGLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 50149119930     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.066464     Document Type: Article

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