Factors associated with adolescents' perspectives on health needs and preference for health information sources in Taiwan

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-15

  Tsai, Meng Che ^a   Chou, Yen Yin ^a   Lin, Shio Jean ^a   Lin, Sheng Hsiang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84872284957     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-301629     Document Type: Article

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