Longitudinal study of viewing smoking in movies and initiation of smoking by children

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-21

  Titus Ernstoff, Linda ^a,b   Dalton, Madeline A ^a   Adachi Mejia, Anna M ^a   Longacre, Meghan R ^a   Beach, Michael L ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Children; Epidemiology; Films; Media; Smoking; Smoking initiation; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STUDENTS;

EID: 38049032834     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0051     Document Type: Article

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