Arab Adolescents: Health, Gender, and Social Context

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 252-262

  Obermeyer, Carla Makhlouf ^a   Bott, Sarah ^a   Sassine, Anniebelle J ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Arab countries; Burden of disease; Gender; Mental health; Risk factors; Social factors; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARAB; ARMED CONFLICT; CONFLICT; DIET; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INJURY; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL DISEASE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOBACCO USE; TRANSPORT INJURY; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARAB WORLD; ARABS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84939608562     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.01.002     Document Type: Review

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