Patterns of health-compromising behaviors among Minnesota adolescents: Sociodemographic variations

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1599-1606

  Neumark Sztainer, Dianne ^a,b   Story, Mary ^a   French, Simone ^a   Cassuto, Nadav ^a   Jacobs Jr , David R ^a   Resnick, Michael D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DELINQUENCY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0029956362     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.11.1599     Document Type: Article

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