Smoking in cape town: Community influences on adolescent tobacco use

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 114-123

  King, Gary ^a   Flisher, Alan J ^b   Mallett, Robyn ^a   Graham, John ^a   Lombard, Carl ^c   Rawson, Tanya ^a   Morojele, Neo K ^c   Muller, Martie ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Community; Race; Smoking; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0037221442     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2002.1128     Document Type: Article

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