One-year predictors of smoking initiation and of continued smoking among elementary schoolchildren in multiethnic, low-income, inner-city neighbourhoods

Tobacco Control

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 268-275

  O'Loughlin, Jennifer ^a   Paradis, Gilles ^a   Renaud, Lise ^a   Gomez, Luis Sanchez ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Smoking initiation predictors

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; CANADA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032151951     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.7.3.268     Document Type: Article

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