Clustering of risk factors for chronic diseases among adolescents from Southern Brazil

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 393-396

  Dumith, Samuel C ^a   Muniz, Ludmila C ^b   Tassitano, Rafael M ^c   Hallal, Pedro C ^b   Menezes, Ana M B ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Brazil; Chronic disease; Cluster analysis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN COLOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84861769199     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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