Who's skipping school: Characteristics of truants in 8th and 10th grade

Journal of School Health

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-35

  Henry, Kimberly L ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug use; Monitoring the Future; School disengagement; Truancy

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845911477     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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