A structural model of health behavior: a pragmatic approach to explain and influence health behaviors at the population level.

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Published in Prev Med on February 01, 2000

Authors

D A Cohen1, R A Scribner, T A Farley

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. dcohen@lsumc.edu

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