Large differences in publicly visible health behaviours across two neighbourhoods of the same city

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Nettle, Daniel ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POVERTY; PREDICTION; RUNNING; SOCIAL STATUS; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; CITIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RUNNING; SMOKING;

EID: 79958249156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021051     Document Type: Article

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