Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 493-500 , December 2004

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

  • Robert W. Blum, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Robert W. Blum, Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA
    • ,
  • Marjorie Ireland, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

,Accepted 31 January 2004.

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PII: S1054-139X(04)00097-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.01.009

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 493-500 , December 2004

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