A culture-based study of personal and social influences of adolescent smoking

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 393-398

  Piko, Bettina F ^a   Luszczynska, Aleksandra ^b   Gibbons, Frederick X ^c   Teközel, Mert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cross country study; Personal and social influence; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TURKEY (BIRD); UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 25144520144     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki008     Document Type: Article

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