The collective dynamics of smoking in a large social network

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 2249-2258

  Christakis, Nicholas A ^a,b,c   Fowler, James H ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of California San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; RISK REDUCTION; SIBLING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44249122799     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa0706154     Document Type: Article

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