Adolescent preventive health: A cost-beneficial social and life group paradigm

Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-40

  Wodarski, John S ^a   Smokowski, Paul R ^a   Feit, Marvin D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIFE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SKILL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL WORK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAINING;

EID: 0030394356     PISSN: 10852352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J005v14n01_01     Document Type: Review

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