Betel nut chewing: The prevalence and the intergenerational effect of parental behavior on adolescent students

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 244-249

  Wang, Su Chen ^a,b   Tsai, Chi Cheng ^a   Huang, Shun Te ^a   Hong, Yu Jue ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescent students; Betel nut chewing; Gender differences; Intergenerational effect; Prevalence; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; BETEL NUT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASTICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; RISK; SCHOOL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; TAIWAN; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 1242351520     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(03)00286-6     Document Type: Review

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