Health behaviours, risk-taking and conceptual changes among schoolchildren aged 7 to 19 years in semi-rural Sweden

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 302-309

  Olsson, Ann ^a   Fahlen I ^b   Janson, S ^a  

^a Primary Care Research Unit   (Sweden)

^b Varmland County Council   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cross sectional study; Health behaviour; Protective factors; Risk behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEADACHE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 42149141205     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00836.x     Document Type: Article

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