Chronic dieting and the belief that smoking controls body weight in a biracial, population-based adolescent sample

Tobacco Control

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 89-94

  Klesges, Robert C ^a,b   Elliott, Vanessa E ^a   Robinson, Leslie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b Universities Prevention Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body weight and smoking; Dieting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; SMOKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0031154627     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.6.2.89     Document Type: Article

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