Changes in smoking, sports participation and overweight: Does neighborhood prevalence matter?

Health and Place

Volumn 23, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-38

  Blok, David J ^a   de Vlas, Sake J ^a   van Empelen, Pepijn ^b   Richardus, Jan Hendrik ^a   van Lenthe, Frank J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Neighborhood prevalence; Overweight; Smoking cessation; Social environment; Sports participation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SMOKING; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUTCH; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SPORT;

EINDHOVEN; NETHERLANDS; NORTH BRABANT;

EID: 84878782943     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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