Socio-economic differences in health risk behavior in adolescence: Do they exist?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-74

  Tuinstra, Jolanda ^a   Groothoff, Johan W ^a   Van Den Heuvel, Wim J A ^a   Post, Doeke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Gender; Health risk behaviors; Inequality; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULTHOOD; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONS; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0031805456     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00034-3     Document Type: Article

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