Knowledge and attitudes of children towards cigarette smoking and its damage

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-53

  Brook, U ^a   Mendelberg, A ^a   Galili, A ^a   Priel, I ^a   Bujanover, Y ^a  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENCE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING;

EID: 0033039184     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(98)00101-3     Document Type: Article

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