Cohort profile: The DASH (Determinants of Adolescent Social well-being and Health) Study, an ethnically diverse cohort

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 512-517

  Harding, Seeromanie ^a   Whitrow, Melissa ^a   Maynard, Maria J ^a   Teyhan, Alison ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547843684     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym094     Document Type: Article

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