A profile of adolescent health: The role of race, ethnicity and gender

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-32

  Brindis, Claire ^a   Park, M Jane ^b   Paul, Tina ^b   Burg, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAHIC and the Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Morbidity and mortality; Resiliency; Risk taking behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006530407     PISSN: 15313204     EISSN: 15313212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J051v11n01_01     Document Type: Article

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