Seasonal variations in the initiation of smoking among adolescents

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-243

  Colwell, Brian ^a   Ramirez, Nicolas ^a   Koehly, Laura ^b   Stevens, Stacey ^c   Smith, Dennis W ^d   Creekmur, Shannon ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEASONS; SMOKING; STUDENTS; TEXAS;

EID: 33646427486     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14622200600576503     Document Type: Article

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