The meanings and context of smoking among Mexican university students

Public Health Reports

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 578-585

  Thrasher, James F ^a,b,c,d   Bentley, Margaret E ^e  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOREDOM; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; MALE; MEXICO; MOOD CHANGE; PEER PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEXICO; SMOKING; STUDENTS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33749059158     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 00333549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490612100513     Document Type: Article

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