Youth in transition: Care, health and development

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 757-763

  Gorter, J W ^a,b   Stewart, D ^a,b   Woodbury Smith, M ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80054772044     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2011.01336.x     Document Type: Editorial

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