Ethnic and gender differences in drinking and smoking among London adolescents

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-57

  Best, David ^a   Rawaf, Salman ^b   Rowley, Jenny ^b   Floyd, Karen ^b   Manning, Victoria ^a   Strang, John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Wilson Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol; Cigarettes; Drinking; Ethnicity; Gender; Onset; School; Smoking; Transition

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035034069     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850123660     Document Type: Article

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