Peer pressure to smoke: The meaning depends on the method

Health Education Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-49

  Michell, L ^a   West, P ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONTROL; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0029965921     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/11.1.39     Document Type: Article

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