Risk taking and recurrent health symptoms in Canadian adolescents

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-51

  Simpson, Kelly ^a   Janssen, Ian ^a   Boyce, William F ^a   Pickett, William ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Epidemiology; Etiology; Health symptoms; Multiple risk behavior; Psychosomatic; Risk behavior; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATICS; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 33745340194     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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