Mental well-being and subjective health of 11- to 15-year-old boys and girls in Scotland, 1994-2006.
BACKGROUND: Promoting young people's mental well-being and reducing socioeconomic inequalities are priority areas for WHO and the Scottish Government. This article describes changes in the subjective health and mental well-being of adolescents living in Scotland between 1994 and 2006, and investigat...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Public Health Vol. 19; no. 6; pp. 605 - 611 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Dec2009
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