Health at age 11: Reports from schoolchildren and their parents

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 427-434

  Sweeting, H ^a   West, P ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Illness; Parents; Schoolchildren; Self report; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031862909     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.78.5.427     Document Type: Article

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