Factors associated with pregnancy and sti among Aboriginal students in British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 226-230

  Devries, Karen M ^a   Free, Caroline J ^a   Morison, Linda ^a   Saewyc, Elizabeth ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent pregnancy; Child sexual abuse; North american indians; Sexually transmitted diseases; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 67649982778     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405546     Document Type: Article

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