Chronic Condition and Risk Behaviours in Portuguese Adolescents
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Chronic Condition and Risk Behaviours in Portuguese Adolescents
Living with a chronic condition (CC) in adolescence has been historically considered protective for risk behaviours. However, research from the last decade suggest that when compared with healthy peers, adolescents living with a chronic condition can engage in risky behaviours in a similar if not higher rate than their counterparts living with out a CC. This study aims to characterize and evalu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Global Journal of Health Science
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1916-9744,1916-9736
DOI: 10.5539/gjhs.v6n2p227