Health-related locus of control and health behaviour among university students in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Helmer, Stefanie M ^a,b   Krämer, Alexander ^b   Mikolajczyk, Rafael T ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross National Student Health Study; Health behaviour; Locus of control; Students

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; SMOKING; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; THINNESS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871564914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-703     Document Type: Article

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