J. Predictors of tobacco use among Lebanese, Yemeni, and Iraqi adolescents, 14-18 years of age

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Rice, Virginia Hill ^a   Templin, Thomas ^a   Weglicki, Linda ^a   Jamil, Hikmet ^a,c   Hammad, Adnan ^c   Baker, Omar ^a   Kulwicki, Anahid ^b   Al Omran, Hasan ^a   Al Faouri, Ibrahim ^a   Thompson, Frank ^a   Dakroub, Mona ^a   Abou Mediene, Sharifa ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wayne County Department   (United States)

^c Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARAB; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; FRIEND; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; IRAQ; LANGUAGE; LEBANON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; POSTAL MAIL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; YEMEN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARABS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IRAQ; LEBANON; MALE; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES; YEMEN;

EID: 20144388868     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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