Patterns of smoking among adolescents in Malaysia and Thailand: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Survey

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 193-203

  Hammond, David ^a   Kin, Foong ^b   Prohmmo, Aree ^c   Kungskulniti, Nipapun ^c   Lian, Tan Y ^b   Sharma, Sharad K ^c   Sirirassamee, Buppha ^c   Borland, Ron ^d   Fong, Geoffrey T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Smoking; Tobacco use; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; SMOKING; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 44949092214     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539508317572     Document Type: Article

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