Multiple risk behaviour: Increasing socio-economic gap over time?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 634-639

  Drieskens, Sabine ^a   Van Oyen, Herman ^a   Demarest, Stefaan ^a   Van Der Heyden, Johan ^a   Gisle, Lydia ^a   Tafforeau, Jean ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

educational attainment; multiple risk behaviour; polarization; Relative Index of Inequality; socio economic differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 78649737953     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp185     Document Type: Article

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