Self-identification of smoking status in a middle school population: Assessing smoking behaviors through students' personal perceptions

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 258-262

  Muilenburg, Jessica Legge ^a,b   Johnson, William D ^a   Kohler, Connie L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SEX RATIO; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION GROUPS; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; STUDENTS;

EID: 34250798135     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08858190701347911     Document Type: Article

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