Health risks and behaviour of out-of-school 16-year-olds in New South Wales

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 168-174

  Tresidder, Julia ^a   Macaskill, Petra ^a   Bennett, David ^a   Nutbeam, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SMOKING; TOBACCO; UNEMPLOYMENT; ADDICTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT DROPOUTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0030611416     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1997.tb01678.x     Document Type: Article

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