Primary prevention: Why focus on children and young adolescents?

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 511-518

  Selvan, Mano S ^b   Kurpad, Anura V ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Lifestyle; Peer pressure; Primary prevention; Risk behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DIET; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GENETIC RISK; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIFESTYLE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIET; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIA; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 13444278997     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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