Adolescents in high-risk trajectory: Clustering of risky behavior and the origins of socioeconomic health differentials

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-219

  Petridou, Eleni ^a,b   Zavitsanos, Xenofon ^a   Dessypris, Nick ^a   Frangakis, Constantine ^a   Mandyla, Maria ^c   Doxiadis, Spyros ^d   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c PIKPA   (Greece)

^d Found for Res in Childhood S D   (Greece)

Author keywords

adolescents; clustering; risky behavior; socioeconomic health differentials

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0031104863     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1996.0130     Document Type: Article

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