Cigarette smoking attitudes and first use among third-through sixth- grade students: The Bogalusa Heart Study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1345-1348

  Greenlund, Kurt J ^a   Johnson, Carolyn C ^a   Webber, Larry S ^a   Berenson, Gerald S ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; PARENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030750605     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.8.1345     Document Type: Article

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