Predictors of school dropout among adolescents in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 307-312

  Calderón, José M ^a   Robles, Rafaela R ^a   Reyes, Juan C ^b   Matos, Tomás D ^a   Negrón, Juan L ^a   Cruz, Miguel A ^a  

^a Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Dropout; Hispanic; Parents; Puerto Rico; School

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; PUERTO RICO; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; PUERTO RICO; STUDENT DROPOUTS;

EID: 72849149628     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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