Marital status and health behavior in middle-aged Korean adults

Korean Journal of Family Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 390-397

  Yim, Hyun Ji ^a   Park, Hyun Ah ^a   Kang, Jae Heon ^a   Kim, Kyung Woo ^a   Cho, Young Gyu ^a   Hur, Yang Im ^a   Choi, Jin Ee ^a  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Breakfast; Exercise; Gender identity; Marital status; Mass screening; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872533925     PISSN: 20056443     EISSN: 20926715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4082/kjfm.2012.33.6.390     Document Type: Article

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