Characterizing health behaviors and infectious disease prevalence among Filipino street children

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 367-374

  Njord, Levi ^a,b   Merrill, Ray M ^a   Njord, Rebecca ^b   Pachano, Jeanette D R ^b   Hackett, Austin ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TURN International   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behaviors; Infectious disease prevalence; Philippines; Street children

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FILIPINO; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTIOUS PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SANITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 57049119094     PISSN: 03340139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJAMH.2008.20.3.367     Document Type: Article

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