Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 374-383 , May 2003

Health-compromising behaviors among Vietnamese adolescents: the role of education and extracurricular activities

  • Celia Patricia Kaplan, Dr.P.H., M.A.

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA (C.P.K., S.J.M., T.N., S.E.G., C.J.)
    • Medical Effectiveness Research Center (C.P.K., S.E.G.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Celia Patricia Kaplan, Dr.P.H., M.A., University of California, San Francisco, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, 3333 California St., Room 335, San Francisco, CA 94143-0856, USA.
    • ,
  • Denise Zabkiewicz, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Berkeley, California, USA (D.Z.)
    • Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA (D.Z.)
    • ,
  • Stephen J McPhee, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA (C.P.K., S.J.M., T.N., S.E.G., C.J.)
    • Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA (S.J.M., T.N., C.J.)
    • ,
  • Tung Nguyen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA (C.P.K., S.J.M., T.N., S.E.G., C.J.)
    • Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA (S.J.M., T.N., C.J.)
    • ,
  • Steven E Gregorich, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA (C.P.K., S.J.M., T.N., S.E.G., C.J.)
    • Medical Effectiveness Research Center (C.P.K., S.E.G.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
    • ,
  • Charles Disogra, Dr.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA (C.D.)
    • ,
  • Joan F Hilton, Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California , USA(J.F.H.)
    • ,
  • Christopher Jenkins, M.A., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA (C.P.K., S.J.M., T.N., S.E.G., C.J.)
    • Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA (S.J.M., T.N., C.J.)

,Accepted 10 October 2002.

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PII: S1054-139X(03)00019-3

doi: 10.1016/S1054-139X(03)00019-3

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 374-383 , May 2003

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