Prevalence and correlates of smoking and sexual activity among Hong Kong adolescents

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 352-358

  Lam, T H ^a   Stewart, Sunita M ^a,b   Ho, L M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; China; Cross cultural; Hong Kong; Problem Behavior Theory; Sexual activity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING;

EID: 0034760030     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(01)00301-9     Document Type: Article

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