Neighborhood Socioeconomic Circumstances and the Co-Occurrence of Unhealthy Lifestyles: Evidence from 206,457 Australians in the 45 and Up Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Feng, Xiaoqi ^a   Astell Burt, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FISH; HIGHEST INCOME GROUP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEAT; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNHEALTHY LIFESTYLE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VEGETABLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84881567799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072643     Document Type: Article

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