Epidemiology of smoking habit in adolescents. Suggestions for prevention

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-34

  Baska T ^a   Ballova M ^a   Mad'ar, R ^a   Straka, S ^a  

^a University Teaching Hospital in Martin   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Family background; Pupils; Questionnaire; Secondary schools; Smoking; Smoking of parents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLOVAKIA; SMOKING HABIT;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLOVAKIA; SMOKING;

EID: 0033021044     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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