Some doubts about one of the largest smoking prevention programmes in Europe, the smokefree class competition

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 757-759

  Etter, Jean François ^a   Bouvier, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Child Health Service Service de Santé de la Jeunesse   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; HEALTH POLICY; SMOKING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPETITION; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; PEER PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33748046483     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.041509     Document Type: Article

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