Socio-demographic factors of pupils who use tobacco in randomly-selected primary schools in Nairobi Province, Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 235-241

  Ogwell, A E O ^a   Astrom A N ^b   Haugejorden, O ^c  

^a Oral and Craniofacial Research Associates   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; PEER GROUP; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK; SCHOOL; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 23944522900     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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