Behavioural risk factors and protective factors in adolescents: a comparison of Latinos and non-Latino Whites.
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated differences in behavioural health protective and risk factors in US Latino and non-Latino White adolescents as well as differences among Latinos with different levels of acculturation using a bicultural acculturation model. The bicultural model is consistent with...
| Publicado en: | Ethnicity & Health Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 181 - 194 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Aug2002
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