Determinants of health check attendance in adults: Findings from the cross-sectional German Health Update (GEDA) study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hoebel, Jens ^a   Starker, Anne ^a   Jordan, Susanne ^a   Richter, Matthias ^b   Lampert, Thomas ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Early diagnosis; Health check; Screening; Secondary prevention; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84907052728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-913     Document Type: Article

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