Sex, drugs and chronic illness: Health behaviours among chronically ill youth

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 484-488

  Suris, Joan Carles ^a   Parera, Núria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Chronic disease; Drug use; Risk taking behaviour; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT T TEST; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPAIN; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 26844488074     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki001     Document Type: Article

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