School as a determinant for health outcomes - A structural equation model analysis

Health Education

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 342-356

  Ravens Sieberer, Ulrike ^a   Freeman, John ^b   Kokonyei, Gyongyi ^c   Thomas, Christiane A ^a   Erhart, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c National Institute of Child Health   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Customer satisfaction; Europe; North America; Personal health; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349109651     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280910970910     Document Type: Article

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