Perceived risks and benefits of smoking: Differences among adolescents with different smoking experiences and intentions

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 559-567

  Halpern Felsher, Bonnie L ^a,b   Biehl, Michael ^a   Kropp, Rhonda Y ^a   Rubinstein, Mark L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Adolescents; Perceived benefits; Risk behavior; Risk judgments; Risk perceptions; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 4143098032     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.02.017     Document Type: Article

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