Social and health behaviors in youth of the streets of Ibadan, Nigeria

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 271-282

  Olley, B O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b Secretariat HO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Behavior; Intervention; Street children

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FIGHTING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE; MALE; MONEY; NIGERIA; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33644871748     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2005.10.011     Document Type: Article

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