A latent class analysis of cancer risk behaviors among U.S. college students

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 121-125

  Kang, Joseph ^a   Ciecierski, Christina Czart ^b   Malin, Emily L ^a   Carroll, Allison J ^a   Gidea, Marian ^c   Craft, Lynette L ^a   Spring, Bonnie ^a   Hitsman, Brian ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American College Health Association National College Health Assessment; Cancer risk behaviors; College students; Latent class analysis; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; COLLEGE STUDENT; DIET; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SELF CONCEPT; TOBACCO USE; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MINORITY HEALTH; NEOPLASMS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

BINGE DRINKING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY HEALTH; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; RISK-TAKING; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STUDENTS; TOBACCO USE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899798509     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.03.023     Document Type: Article

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