Assessing attitudinal ambivalence towards smoking and its association with desire to quit among teen smokers

Psychology and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 373-387

  Lipkus, Isaac M ^a,c   Pollak, Kathryn I ^a   McBride, Colleen M ^a   Schwartz Bloom, Rochelle ^a   Lyna, Pauline ^a   Bloom, Paul N ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Ambivalence; Attitudes; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444432387     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440512331333988     Document Type: Article

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