Social inequalities in changes in health-related behaviour among Slovak adolescents aged between 15 and 19: A longitudinal study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Salonna, Ferdinand ^a   Van Dijk, Jitse P ^a,b   Geckova, Andrea Madarasova ^a   Sleskova, Maria ^a   Groothoff, Johan W ^b   Reijneveld, Sijmen 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; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOVAKIA; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SLOVAKIA; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 43349093624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-57     Document Type: Article

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