Health-promoting lifestyles and cardio-metabolic risk factors among international students in South Korea

Collegian

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 215-223

  Kim, Chun Ja ^a   Park, JeeWon ^a   Kang, Se Won ^b  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

^b Dong Eui University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; International student; Lifestyle; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930475943     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2014.09.008     Document Type: Article

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