Clear the air: Adolescents' perceptions of the risks associated with secondhand smoke

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-22

  Halpern Felsher, Bonnie L ^a   Rubinstein, Mark L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Interventions; Risk judgments; Risk perceptions; Secondhand smoke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 19944407125     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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