Socio-demographic predictors of health and environmental co-benefit behaviours for climate change mitigation in urban China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Chan, Emily Ying Yang ^a,b,c   Wang, Susan Shuxin ^a   Ho, Janice Ying en ^a,b   Huang, Zhe ^a,b   Liu, Sida ^a,b   Guo, Chunlan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIC FOOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; URBAN AREA; VEGETARIAN; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CITY; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CITIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85035228154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188661     Document Type: Article

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