Gender and ethnic differences in young adolescents' sources of cigarettes

Tobacco Control

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 353-359

  Robinson, Leslie A ^a,b   Klesges, Robert C ^a   Zbikowski, Susan M ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cigarette sources; Ethnicity; Gender

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; COMMERCE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TENNESSEE;

EID: 0032243281     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.7.4.353     Document Type: Article

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