Effectiveness of the "Smoke-Free Class Competition" in delaying the onset of smoking in adolescence

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 241-249

  Wiborg, Gudrun ^a   Hanewinkel, Reiner ^a  

^a IFT Nord   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Competition; Onset of smoking; School based prevention programs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

EID: 0036389648     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2002.1071     Document Type: Article

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