How Do Adolescents Process Smoking and Antismoking Advertisements? A Social Cognitive Analysis with Implications for Understanding Smoking Initiation

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 429-444

  Shadel, William G ^a,b,c   Niaura, Raymond ^a,b   Abrams, David B ^a,b  

^a MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Brown University Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0009487879     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.5.4.429     Document Type: Article

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