What do children understand? Communicating health behavior in a European multicenter study

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 391-401

  Hebestreit, Antje ^a   Keimer, Katharina Maria ^a   Hassel, Holger ^a   Nappo, Annunziata ^b   Eiben, Gabriele ^c   Fernández, Juan Miguel ^d   Kovacs, Eva ^e   Lasn, Helen ^f   Shiakou, Monica ^g   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^g Research and Education Foundation of Child Health   (Cyprus)

^h UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DIET; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 77954956982     PISSN: 09431853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-010-0316-z     Document Type: Article

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