Cigarette smoking for weight loss or control among adolescents: Gender and racial/ethnic differences

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 306-313

  Fulkerson, Jayne A ^a   French, Simone A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Gender differences; Racial differences; Weight control behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0037377488     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(02)00566-9     Document Type: Article

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