School performance in adolescent Jamaican girls: Associations with health, social and behavioural characteristics, and risk factors for dropout

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-122

  Walker, Susan P ^a   Grantham Mcgregor, Sally M ^b   Himes, John H ^b   Williams, Sonia ^b   Duff, Edith M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAMAICA; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PARENT; READING; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0032006281     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jado.1997.0133     Document Type: Article

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