Mainland Chinese students' concept of health

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-94

  Wang, W ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese students; Health concept; Mental health; Perceived health; School

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORALITY; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 10444255590     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101053950401600202     Document Type: Article

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