The impact of income, education and health on lifestyle in a large urban population of Poland (CINDI Programme)

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 393-401

  Stelmach, Włodzimierz ^a,c   Kaczmarczyk Chałas, Krystyna ^b   Bielecki, Wojciech ^b   Drygas, Wojciech ^b  

^a Regional Health Authority   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^c NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

CINDI; Education; Health; Income; Lifestyle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLE;

EID: 7544247545     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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