'Kids who smoke think that they can be adults as well': Children's smoking and transitions to adulthood

Children and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-302

  Milton, Beth S ^a   Dugdill, Lindsey ^b   Porcellato, Lorna A ^b   Springett, R Jane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 45149109954     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2007.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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