Television viewing and age at smoking initiation: Does a relationship exist between higher levels of television viewing and earlier onset of smoking?

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 381-385

  Gutschoven, Klaas ^a   Van den Bulck, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BELGIUM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLE PLAYING; SELF REPORT; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL LEARNING; TELEVISION; THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE OF ONSET; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING; TELEVISION;

EID: 26444482954     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14622200500125260     Document Type: Article

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