Health and Behavior Risks of Adolescents with Mixed-Race Identity

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1865-1870

  Udry, J Richard ^a   Li, Rose Maria ^b   Hendrickson Smith, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b Research Triangle Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DRINKING; HUMAN; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CENSUSES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642275670     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.11.1865     Document Type: Article

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