Smoking behaviour among Indigenous secondary school students in North Queensland

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-106

  Lowe, John B ^a,b   Saeck, Lynette ^a   Brough, Mark ^a   Carmont, Sue Anne ^a   Clavarino, Alexandra ^a   Stanton, Warren ^a   Balanda, Kevin ^a   Shannon, Cindy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behaviour; Indigenous; North Queensland; Smoking prevention and cessation; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SMOKING; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION GROUPS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; STUDENTS;

EID: 1642618210     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230410001645592     Document Type: Article

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