Health care of adolescent males: Overview, rationale, and recommendations

Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 525-540

  Elster, Arthur B ^a   Marcell, Arik V ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; CHILD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042806978     PISSN: 10413499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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