Smoking in college women: The role of thinness pressures, media exposure, and critical consciousness

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 233-241

  Zucker, Alyssa N ^a   Harrell, Zaje A ^b   Miner Rubino, Kathi ^b   Stewart, Abigail J ^b   Pomerleau, Cynthia S ^b   Boyd, Carol J ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035537624     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-6402.00024     Document Type: Article

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