Impact of academic exposure on health status of university students;Impacto da exposi̧ão académica no estado de saúde de estudantes universitários

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-58

  Brandão, Maria Piedade ^a,b   Pimentel, Francisco Luís ^a,c,d   Cardoso, Margarida Fonseca ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Hospital Infante D Pedro   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Health status; Life style; Longitudinal studies; Portugal; Risk factors; Socioeconomic factors; Students; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650623890     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102011000100006     Document Type: Article

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