A qualitative study on the determinants of smoking behaviour among adolescents in South Africa

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 204-210

  Panday, Saadhna ^a   Reddy, Sasiragha P ^a   Bergström, Erik ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adolescents; determinants; ethnic differences; qualitative; smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEGRO; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING HABIT; SUPPORT GROUP; URBAN AREA; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

NICOTINE;

EID: 0142093603     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940210164885     Document Type: Article

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