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Author Blaxter, Mildred.

Title Health and lifestyles / Mildred Blaxter
Published London ; New York : Tavistock/Routledge, 1990
London ; New York : Routledge, 1990

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 MELB  362.10420941 Bla/Hal  AVAILABLE
Description ix, 268 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. The health and lifestyle survey -- 3. What is health? -- 4. The measurement of health -- 5. Social circumstances and health -- 6. Patterns of behaviour -- 7. Attitudes and behaviour -- 8. Behaviour and health -- 9. Circumstances behaviour and health -- 10. Conclusions and policy implications
Summary Reports the results of a national survey of 9000 individuals and looks at issues such as measured fitness, declared health, psychological status, life circumstances, health-related behaviour, attitudes and beliefs
Analysis Great Britain Man Health Effects of personal life styles
Notes Includes indexes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-263)
Notes Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to netLibrary
Subject Health attitudes -- Great Britain.
Health surveys -- Great Britain.
Health behavior -- Great Britain.
Public health -- Great Britain.
Attitude to Health.
Health Behavior.
Health Promotion.
Health Surveys.
Life Style.
SUBJECT United Kingdom. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113
Author NetLibrary, Inc.
LC no. 89010554
ISBN 0415001463
0415001471 (paperback)
9780415001465
9780415001472 (paperback)