Variations in health behaviours among inner city 12-year-olds from four ethnic groups

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 309-316

  Rogers, Angie ^a,b   Adamson, Jane E ^a   Mccarthy, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Health behaviour; Inner city; Young people

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EATING HABIT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031426142     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.1997.9961839     Document Type: Article

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