Reducing risk, increasing protective factors: Findings from the Caribbean Youth Health Survey

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 493-500

  Blum, Robert W ^a   Ireland, Marjorie ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Health compromising behaviors; Prediction; Resiliency; risk and protective factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

EID: 9644276807     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(04)00097-7     Document Type: Article

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