Health, lifestyle, belief and knowledge differences between two ethnic groups with specific reference to tobacco, diet and physical activity

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2496-2503

  Anthony, Denis ^a   Baggott, Rob ^a   Tanner, Judith ^a   Jones, Kathryn ^a   Evans, Hala ^a   Perkins, Gill ^a   Palmer, Hilary ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Indian; Nursing; Public health nursing; White

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING;

EID: 84866770144     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.05948.x     Document Type: Article

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