Gender and ethnic differences in the co-occurrence of adolescent risk behaviors

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 213-234

  Weden, Margaret M ^a   Zabin, Laurie S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gender; Latent Class; Problem Behavior; Race Ethnicity; Risk Behavior; Substance Use

Indexed keywords

DRUG USER; ETHNICITY; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELINQUENCY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 21844474841     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850500115744     Document Type: Article

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