Using PhenX toolkit measures and other tools to assess urban/rural differences in health behaviors: Recruitment methods and outcomes

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hitz, Michael M ^a   Conway, Pat G ^a   Palcher, Jeanette A ^a   McCarty, Catherine A ^a  

^a ESSENTIA INSTITUTE OF RURAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Design; Epidemiologic research; Health; Occupational; Questionnaire design; Vacation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; NORTH DAKOTA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; EFFICIENCY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; NORTH DAKOTA; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84928775135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-847     Document Type: Article

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