Health behaviours and health-care utilization in Canadian schoolchildren

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 358-364

  Kirk, Sara FL ^a   Kuhle, Stefan ^b   Ohinmaa, Arto ^b   Veugelers, Paul J ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Children; Diet quality; Health care utilization; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; NOVA SCOTIA; OBESITY; OFFICE VISITS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872168903     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012002728     Document Type: Article

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