High risk health behaviours among adult Jamaicans

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-76

  Figueroa, J P ^a   Ward, E ^b   Walters, C ^a   Ashley, D E ^a   Wilks, R J ^b  

^a Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREAST EXAMINATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAMAICA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 18644379269     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442005000100014     Document Type: Article

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