Improving adolescent health through school-based health centers in post-Katrina New Orleans

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 360-368

  Hutchinson, Paul ^a   Carton, Thomas W ^a   Broussard, Marsha ^b   Brown, Lisanne ^b   Chrestman, Sarah ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Evaluation; School based health centers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855867281     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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