Relationships between psychological distress and health behaviors among Canadian adults: Differences based on gender, income, education, immigrant status, and ethnicity

SSM - Population Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2019, Pages

  St Pierre, Myriane ^a   Sinclair, Isabelle ^a   Elgbeili, Guillaume ^b   Bernard, Paquito ^a,c   Dancause, Kelsey Needham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet; Health disparities; Mental health; Physical activity; Psychosocial health; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANADIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; KESSLER 10 DISTRESS SCALE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; VEGETABLE;

EID: 85065476812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23528273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100385     Document Type: Article

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