Effect of seeing tobacco use in films on trying smoking among adolescents: Cross sectional study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 323, Issue 7326, 2001, Pages 1394-1397

  Sargent, J D ^a   Beach, M L ^a   Dalton, M A ^a   Mott, L A ^a   Tickle, J J ^b   Ahrens, M B ^a   Heatherton, T F ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TOBACCO;

EID: 0035893165     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1394     Document Type: Article

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