Availability of high school extracurricular sports programs and high-risk behaviors

Journal of School Health

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 80-86

  Cohen, Deborah A ^a   Taylor, Stephanie L ^a   Zonta, Michela ^b   Vestal, Katherine D ^c   Schuster, Mark A ^a,c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health risk behaviors; Physical education; Sports programs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; RECREATION; SCHOOL; SPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RECREATION; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; SPORTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33846104517     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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