Chronic Disease-Related Lifestyle Risk Factors in a Sample of Canadian Adolescents

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 606-609

  Plotnikoff, Ronald C ^a   Karunamuni, Nandini ^a   Spence, John C ^a   Storey, Kate ^a   Forbes, Laura ^a   Raine, Kim ^a   Cameron Wild, T ^a   McCargar, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Clustering of risk behaviors; Lifestyle risk factors; Web based platform

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALBERTA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIFE STYLE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67349239040     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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