How many children take up smoking each year in Australia?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 359-360

  White, Victoria ^a   Scollo, Michelle ^a  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; BOY; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GIRL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; STUDENT;

EID: 0038805306     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2003.tb00408.x     Document Type: Letter

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