The unmet health needs of east asian high school students: Are homestay students at risk?

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-245

  Wong, Sabrina T ^a   Homma, Yuko ^a   Johnson, Joy L ^a   Saewyc, Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b McCreary Centre Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinese; Health behavior; High school student; Homestay student; Immigrant; Japanese; Korean

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; MALE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CHINA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; JAPAN; KOREA; MALE; RISK-TAKING; STUDENTS;

EID: 77957256406     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404382     Document Type: Article

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