The clustering of risk behaviors among Caribbean youth

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-100

  Ohene, Sally Ann ^a   Ireland, Marjorie ^a   Blum, Robert Wm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Caribbean; Risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; VIOLENCE; WEAPON; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COITUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; COITUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; VIOLENCE; WEST INDIES;

EID: 21444431711     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-005-2452-6     Document Type: Article

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