'No Smoking Class' competitions in Finland: Their value in delaying the onset of smoking in adolescence

Health Promotion International

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 189-192

  Vartiainen, Erkki ^a,b   Saukko, Anna ^a   Paavola, Meri ^b   Vertio, Harri ^c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion   (Finland)

^c Cancer Society of Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Prevention; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FINLAND; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SMOKING;

EID: 0029770124     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/11.3.189     Document Type: Article

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