Determinants of fruit and vegetable intake in England: A re-examination based on quantile regression

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2183-2191

  Boukouvalas, Georgios ^a   Shankar, Bhavani ^a   Bruce Traill, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fruit and vegetables; Regression; Socio economic determinants; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIET; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 75149145167     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009005175     Document Type: Article

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