Health-promoting lifestyles of university students in Mainland China

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wang, Dong ^a   Ou, Chun Quan ^a   Chen, Mei Yen ^b   Duan, Ni ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH PROMOTION SCALE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VALIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350263216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-379     Document Type: Article

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