Fifteen-year follow-up of smoking prevention effects in the North Karelia Youth Project

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-85

  Vartiainen, Erkki ^a   Paavola, Meri ^a   McAlister, Alfred ^b   Puska, Pekka ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 0031909958     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.1.81     Document Type: Article

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