Prevalence of smoking and drinking habits among form six students in Petaling District, Selangor

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-47

  Nor Afiah, Zulkefli ^a   Hejar, A R ^a   Kulanthayan, K C M ^a   Fadhilah, J ^b   Law, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Alcohol intake; Form Six students; Smoking; Undetermined activities; Undetermined characters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SMOKING; STUDENTS;

EID: 33646341227     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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