Homophily and health behavior in social networks of older adults

Family and Community Health

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 312-321

  Flatt, Jason D ^a   Agimi, Yll ^a   Albert, Steve M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

health behaviors; older adults; social networks

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EGO; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGO; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY; PUBLIC HOUSING; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865996131     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e3182666650     Document Type: Article

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