The impact of parental migration on health status and health behaviours among left behind adolescent school children in China

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gao, Yang ^a   Li, Li Ping ^b   Kim, Jean Hee ^a   Congdon, Nathan ^c,d   Lau, Joseph ^a   Griffiths, Sian ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^d Shantou University Medical College   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 77649201949     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-56     Document Type: Article

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