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Health-seeking behaviours by gender among adolescents in Soweto, South Africa

BACKGROUND: Adolescents are an important age-group for preventing disease and supporting health yet little is known about their health-seeking behaviours. OBJECTIVE: We describe socio-demographic characteristics and health-seeking behaviours of adolescents in Soweto, South Africa, in order to broade...

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Autores principales:	Otwombe, Kennedy, Dietrich, Janan, Laher, Fatima, Hornschuh, Stefanie, Nkala, Busisiwe, Chimoyi, Lucy, Kaida, Angela, Gray, Glenda E., Miller, Cari L.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Co-Action Publishing 2015
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4315777/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25653113 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.25670

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