Health behaviour among adolescents in Denmark: Influence of school class and individual risk factors

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-40

  Johansen, Anette ^a   Rasmussen, Søren ^a   Madsen, Mette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescents; health behaviour; multilevel analyses; risk behaviour; school class

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DENMARK; EATING HABIT; FAMILY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOTHER; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TEACHER; UNEMPLOYMENT; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DENMARK; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 32144432077     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940510032158     Document Type: Article

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