The simultaneous presence of health risk behaviors in freshman college students in Brazil

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 591-598

  Silva, Diego Augusto Santos ^a   Petroski, Edio Luiz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Health behavior; Health services to student; Risk factors; Students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TIME; UNIVERSITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864033730     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9489-9     Document Type: Article

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