School Factors and Smoking Prevalence among High School Students in Japan

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 107-113

  Osaki, Yoneatsu ^a   Minowa, Masumi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescent behavior; School factor; Smoking behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008314793     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02931200     Document Type: Article

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