Field trial to test and evaluate primary tobacco prevention methods in clusters of elementary schools in Barbados

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 283-291

  Lwegaba, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

EID: 30644477453     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442005000500003     Document Type: Article

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