Health-risk behaviors and protective factors among adolescents with mobility impairments and learning and emotional disabilities

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 481-490

  Blum, Robert W ^a   Kelly, Anne ^a   Ireland, Marjorie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Disabilities; Protective factors; Risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034982814     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(01)00201-4     Document Type: Article

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