Prevention: Are we really reaching today's teens?

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-91

  Muscari, Mary E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^b Child and Adolescent Health   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Adolescent behavior; Adolescent health services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK-TAKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033088898     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-199903000-00008     Document Type: Article

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