Tobacco smoking among Portuguese high-school students

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 509-514

  Azevedo, A ^a   Machado, A P ^a   Barros, H ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COFFEE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STUDENT; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0032994116     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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