Socio-demographic predictors of health behaviors in Mexican college students

Health Promotion International

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-93

  Ulla Díez, Sara M ^a   Pérez Fortis, Adriana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

College students; Cross sectional studies; Health behaviour; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249115660     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dap047     Document Type: Article

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