Ethnic differences in adolescent smoking prevalence in California: Are multi-ethnic youth at higher risk?

Tobacco Control

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2000, Pages

  Unger, Jennifer B ^a   Palmer, Paula H ^a   Dent, Clyde W ^a   Rohrbach, Louise Ann ^a   Johnson, C Anderson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Multi ethnic adolescents; Risk for smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0033658708     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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