Adolescent quality of life: A school-based cohort study in Western Australia

Pediatrics International

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 706-711

  Meuleners, Lynn B ^a,b   Lee, Andy H ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Child health; Longitudinal study; Multilevel modeling; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 1642439996     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2003.01798.x     Document Type: Article

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