Social network positions and smoking experimentation among Chinese adolescents

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-267

  Fang, Xiaoyi ^a   Li, Xiaoming ^b   Stanton, Bonita ^b   Dong, Qi ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; China; Cigarette smoking; Smoking experimentation; Social network

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0141464024     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.27.3.7     Document Type: Article

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