Preliminary study of smoking and alcohol use among students in Southern Sri Lanka

Psychological Reports

Volumn 94, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 856-858

  Perera, Bilesha ^a   Torabi, Mohammad R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SRI LANKA; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SRI LANKA; STUDENTS;

EID: 4243169120     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.94.3.856-858     Document Type: Article

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