Effects of childhood socio-economic conditions on educational differences in leisure-time physical activity

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 346-353

  Mäkinen, Tomi ^a   Kestilä, Laura ^a,b   Borodulin, Katja ^a,c   Martelin, Tuija ^a   Rahkonen, Ossi ^d   Prättälä, Ritva ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Finnish Youth Research Network   (Finland)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adults; Exercise; Finland; Health behaviour; Inequalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77952927418     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp187     Document Type: Article

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