The development, reliability, and validity of a risk factor screening survey for urban minority junior high school students

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 171-178

  Vaughan, Roger D ^a   McCarthy, James F ^a   Walter, Heather J ^b   Resnicow, Ken ^c   Waterman, Pamela D ^a   Armstrong, Bruce ^a   Tiezzi, Lorraine ^a  

^a Columbia Univ Sch of Pub H ^*  (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Risk factors; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; RUNAWAY REACTION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030248649     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(96)00083-3     Document Type: Article

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