Deterioration is not the only prospect for adolescents' health: Improvement in self-reported health status among boys and girls from age 15 to age 19

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-74

  Salonna, Ferdinand ^a   Middel, Berrie ^b   Sleskova, Maria ^a   Geckova, Andrea Madarasova ^a   Reijneveld, Sijmen A ^b   Groothoff, Johan W ^b   Van Dijk, Jitse P ^a,b  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; SLOVAKIA; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 40449128735     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2008.1.66     Document Type: Article

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