Socioeconomic disadvantage and changes in health risk behaviours in Australia: 1989-90 to 2001

OBJECTIVE: Lower socioeconomic status (SES) is associated in industrialized countries with unhealthy lifestyle characteristics, such as smoking, physical inactivity and being overweight or obese. This paper examines changes over time in the association between SES and smoking status, physical activi...

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Main Authors: Jake M. Najman, Ghasem Toloo, Victor Siskind
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2006-12-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862006001200014&lng=en&tlng=en