Health behaviours among adolescents: Towards a hypothesis of two dimensions

Health Education Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 83-93

  Aarø, Lief Edvard ^a,b   Laberg, Jon Christian ^a   Wold, Bente ^b  

^a Department of Psychosocial Science ^*  (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0028961032     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/10.1.83     Document Type: Article

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