Prevalence of health-risk behaviours among Canadian post-secondary students: Descriptive results from the National College Health Assessment

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kwan, Matthew Y W ^a   Faulkner, Guy E J ^b   Arbour Nicitopoulos, Kelly P ^b   Cairney, John ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multiple health behaviours; University health; University students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BINGE DRINKING; CANADA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BINGE DRINKING; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84878470158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-548     Document Type: Article

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