Are private school students more likely to smoke than public school students in China?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-121

  Gong, J ^a   Chen, X ^b,c   Guo, Q ^a,b   Zhou, D ^a   Palmer, P H ^b   Zhang, D ^a,d   Liu, C ^a   Xia, J ^a   Johnson, C A ^b  

^a Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescents; China; Cigarette Smoking; Private Schools

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OCCUPATION; PARENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE SCHOOL; PUBLIC SCHOOL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE (STATISTICS); SCHOOL; STUDENT; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; AGE FACTORS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 33746786447     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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