Smoking, coping and health behavior among university students

Psychology and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 431-441

  Vollrath, Margarete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coping; Emotions; Habituated smoking; Health habits; Stress; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032237624     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870449808407301     Document Type: Article

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