Family functioning, parental psychological distress, child behavioural problems, socio-economic disadvantage and fruit and vegetable consumption among 412 year-old Victorians, Australia

Health Promotion International

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 263-275

  Renzaho, A M N ^a   Kumanyika, S ^b   Tucker, K L ^c,d  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

family functioning; fruit and vegetable consumption; prosocial behaviours; psychological distress

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; DIET; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VEGETABLE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VEGETABLES;

EID: 80051710009     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daq054     Document Type: Article

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