Adolescent Risk Taking, Neighborhood Social Capital, and Health

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 246-252

  Boyce, William F ^a   Davies, Diane ^a   Gallupe, Owen ^a   Shelley, Danielle ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Affluence; Health; Risk taking; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; CANADA; CAPITAL; COMMUNITY LIVING; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 49349083871     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.01.014     Document Type: Article

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