Health status and behavioral outcomes for youth who anticipate a high likelihood of early death

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Borowsky, Iris Wagman ^a,b   Ireland, Marjorie ^a   Resnick, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Health outcomes; HIV; Perceptions of mortality; Risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; DYING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJURY; JUVENILE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNSAFE SEX; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 67649609949     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3425     Document Type: Article

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