Taking a first puff: Cigarette smoking experiences among ethnically diverse adolescents

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 245-257

  Alexander, Cheryl S ^b   Allen, Peg ^c   Crawford, Myra A ^a   McCormick, Laura K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INHALATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BALTIMORE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; NEW MEXICO; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; TEXAS;

EID: 0033452590     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557859998038     Document Type: Article

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