An unfinished agenda on adolescent health: Opportunities for interventions

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 353-360

  Lassi, Zohra S ^a   Salam, Rehana A ^a   Das, Jai K ^a   Wazny, Kerri ^b   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a,b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Injury; Lifestyle; Mental health; Nutrition; Reproductive health; Sexual health; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; CHILD CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUALITY; STANDARDS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 84952653542     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: 1558075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2015.06.005     Document Type: Review

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