Development and validation of a smoking media literacy scale for adolescents

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 369-374

  Primack, Brian A ^a   Gold, Melanie A ^a   Switzer, Galen E ^a   Hobbs, Renee ^b   Land, Stephanie R ^c   Fine, Michael J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; READING; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENNSYLVANIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STUDENTS;

EID: 33645575635     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 10724710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.160.4.369     Document Type: Article

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