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Educational expectations and adolescent health behaviour: an evolutionary approach

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  • Ross Whitehead
  • Dorothy Currie
  • Jo Inchley
  • Candace Currie

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Encouraging adolescents to consider an academic future may achieve public health benefits, despite social factors that might otherwise precipitate poor health via an accelerated life history trajectory. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2015

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  • Ross Whitehead & Dorothy Currie & Jo Inchley & Candace Currie, 2015. "Educational expectations and adolescent health behaviour: an evolutionary approach," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 60(5), pages 599-608, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ijphth:v:60:y:2015:i:5:p:599-608
    DOI: 10.1007/s00038-015-0692-9
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