Peer influence, images of smokers, and beliefs about smoking among preadolescent nonsmokers

Social Development

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 311-325

  Tragesser, Sarah L ^a   Aloise Young, Patricia A ^a   Swaim, Randall C ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Images; Peer influence; Smoking prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645728536     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2006.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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