Alcohol use beliefs and behaviors among high school students

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-58

  Feldman, Linda ^a   Harvey, Bart ^a   Holowaty, Philippa ^a   Shortt, Linda ^a  

^a East York Health Unit   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Canadian adolescents; Program planning; Risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; BELIEFS; CANADA; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FRIENDS AND RELATIVES; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR; SCHOOLS; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ONTARIO; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032953172     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(98)00026-3     Document Type: Article

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