A health profile of New Zealand youth who attend secondary school

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1171, 2003, Pages

  Watson, Peter D ^a,b   Clark, Terryann C ^a   Denny, Simon J ^a   Fa'alau, Fiva ^a   Ameratunga, Shanthi N ^a   Robinson, Elizabeth M ^a   Schaaf, David ^a   Crengle, Sue M ^a   Sporle, Andrew A ^a   Merry, Sally N ^a   Adair, Vivienne ^a   Dixon, Robyn S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Centre for Youth Health   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD HEALTH; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE; MALE; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; POLICY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 15844389017     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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