Health information for migrants: The role of educational level in prevention of overweight

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 172-178

  Lecerof, Susanne Sundell ^a   Moghaddassi, Mahnaz ^a   Östergren, Per Olof ^a   Westerling, Ragnar ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Education; health literacy; information; migrant; overweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952545111     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810395824     Document Type: Article

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