Health risk behaviors of Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans attending college

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-108

  Widome, Rachel ^a,b   Laska, Melissa Nelson ^c   Gulden, Ashley ^a   Fu, Steven S ^a,b   Lust, Katherine ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health focus: Fitness physical activity; Nutrition; Obesity; Outcome measure: Behavioral; Prevention research. Manuscript format: Research; Qualitative; Research purpose: Modeling relationship testing and descriptive; Safety; Setting: School; Smoking control; Strategy: Behavior change; Study design: Nonexperimental; Substance abuse; Target population age: Adults; Target population circumstances: Education income level; Tobacco; Veterans; Weight control; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK; SELF REPORT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK; RISK-TAKING; SELF REPORT; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857414951     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.090826-QUAN-278     Document Type: Article

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