Socio-economic differences in health risk behaviour and attitudes towards health risk behaviour among Slovak adolescents

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 233-239

  Geckova, Andrea ^a   Van Dijk, Jitse P ^b   Groothoff, Johan W ^b   Post, Doeke ^b  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health risk behaviour; Slovak adolescents; Socio economic differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PARENT; SLOVAKIA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; OCCUPATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SLOVAKIA; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036388150     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-002-8213-z     Document Type: Article

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