Sources of Health Information Related to Preventive Health Behaviors in a National Study

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Redmond, Nicole ^a   Baer, Heather J ^a,b   Clark, Cheryl R ^a   Lipsitz, Stuart ^a,b   Hicks, LeRoi S ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DIETARY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SOCIAL NETWORK; TELEVISION; VEGETABLE;

EID: 77952403268     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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