Why are there social gradients in preventative health behavior? A perspective from behavioral ecology

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Nettle, Daniel ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FITNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK REDUCTION; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 78149426277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013371     Document Type: Article

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