Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) and health-risk behaviors among adults in a developing country setting

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 842-855

  Ramiro, Laurie S ^a   Madrid, Bernadette J ^a   Brown, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adverse childhood experiences; Chronic diseases; Developing country; Health risk behaviors; Philippines

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HEADACHE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; STROKE; TUBERCULOSIS; ULCER; URBAN AREA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CITY PLANNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78149499483     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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