Predictors of health-endangering behaviour among Roma and non-Roma adolescents in Slovakia by gender

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1043-1048

  Kolarcik P ^a   Geckova, A M ^a   Orosova, O ^a   Van Dijk, J P ^a,b   Reijneveld, S A ^b  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ALCOHOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG USER; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SLOVAKIA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SLOVAKIA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

SLOVAKIA;

EID: 78649478928     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.092098     Document Type: Article

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