Economic conditions and health behaviours during the 'Great Recession'

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1038-1046

  Nandi, Arijit ^a   Charters, Thomas J ^a   Strumpf, Erin C ^a   Heymann, Jody ^a   Harper, Sam ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; HEALTH SURVEY; METROPOLITAN AREA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TELEPHONE NETWORK; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890185255     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-202260     Document Type: Article

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