Youth exposure to smoking in the home and in cars: How often does it happen and what do youth think about it?

Tobacco Control

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 86-92

  Leatherdale, S T ^a,d   Smith, P ^b   Ahmed, R ^c  

^a Division of Preventive Oncology   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CAR; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOMOBILES; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 42149141790     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2007.022475     Document Type: Article

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