Targeting norm-related beliefs about marijuana use in an adolescent population

Health Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-196

  Zhao, Xiaoquan ^a   Sayeed, Sarah ^b   Cappella, Joseph ^c   Hornik, Robert ^c   Fishbein, Martin ^c   Ahern, R Kirkland ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADVERTISING; CANNABIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PEER GROUP;

EID: 33745492441     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327027hc1903_1     Document Type: Article

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