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Health and Lifestyle of University Freshmen - A CrossBorder Comparison among three Cities in China

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  • Bharadwaj Cheruvu

    (Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong)

  • Indresh Venkatarayappa

    (School of Public Health, Kunming Medical University)

  • Tarun Goswami DSC

    (Student Affairs Office, University of Macau)

Abstract

Limited work has been performed on intra-cultural, cross-societal variation among youth lifestyles and health status, and baseline data on university freshmen’s health status are lacking...

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  • Bharadwaj Cheruvu & Indresh Venkatarayappa & Tarun Goswami DSC, 2019. "Health and Lifestyle of University Freshmen - A CrossBorder Comparison among three Cities in China," Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, Biomedical Research Network+, LLC, vol. 18(4), pages 13719-13725, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:abf:journl:v:18:y:2019:i:4:p:13719-13725
    DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2019.18.003175
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    Keywords

    Biomedical Sciences; Biomedical Research; Technical Research; University freshmen; Lifestyles; Health status;
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    JEL classification:

    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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