Is relatively young age within a school year a risk factor for mental health problems and poor school performance? A population-based cross-sectional study of adolescents in Oslo, Norway

BMC Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Lien, Lars ^a   Tambs, Kristian ^b   Oppedal, Brit ^b   Heyerdahl, Sonja ^c   Bjertness, Espen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c Reg Ctr for Child/Adol Psychiat   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; AGE; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL STRESS; MINORITY GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; SELF EVALUATION; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 27244448710     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-5-102     Document Type: Article

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