Socioeconomic gradient shifts in health-related behaviour among Slovak adolescents between 1998 and 2006

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-176

  Pitel, Lukas ^a   Madarasova Geckova, Andrea ^b   Reijneveld, Sijmen A ^c   Van Dijk, Jitse P ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol; Health related behaviour; Physical inactivity; Smoking; Socioeconomic differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOVAKIA; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SLOVAKIA; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84879553305     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-012-0382-9     Document Type: Article

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