A multi-level analysis examining how smoking friends, parents, and older students in the school environment are risk factors for susceptibility to smoking among non-smoking elementary school youth

Prevention Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 397-402

  Leatherdale, Scott T ^a,b,c   McDonald, Paul W ^b   Cameron, Roy ^b,d   Jolin, Mari Alice ^b   Brown, K Stephen ^b  

^a CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Societe canadienne du cancer   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multi level logistic regression; Prevention; Smoking susceptibility; Social influences; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PEER GROUP; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 33845480334     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-006-0049-y     Document Type: Article

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