The health of Swedish-speaking and Finnish-speaking schoolchidlren in Finland

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-58

  Saarela, Jan M ^a   Finnas F S A ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Groups; Health; Language; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0742289569     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2004.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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