We Are What We Do. Research Outputs of Public Health

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 380-385

  Sanson Fisher, Rob W ^a   Campbell, Elizabeth M ^b   Htun, Aye Thidar ^a   Bailey, Laura J ^a   Millar, Cynthia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SMOKING;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 50849090269     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.06.039     Document Type: Article

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