Subjective health and mental well-being of adolescents and the health promoting school: A cross-sectional multilevel analysis

Health Education

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 170-184

  Levin, Kate ^a,b   Inchley, Jo ^a   Currie, Dorothy ^a   Currie, Candace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Health promoting schools; Mental health; Personal health; Scotland; Young adults; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857671106     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654281211203439     Document Type: Article

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