Teenagers' smoking - A great public health problem, renewing the pool of smokers

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 284-286

  Agha, Farida ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Pakistan)

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ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PAKISTAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

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