Prevalence and social environment of cigarette smoking in Cyprus youth

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Christophi, Costas A ^a,b,c   Kolokotroni, Ourania ^a   Alpert, Hillel R ^b   Warren, Charles W ^d   Jones, Nathan R ^d   Demokritou, Philip ^a,b   Connolly, Gregory N ^b  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CYPRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; MARKETING; MASS MEDIUM; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYPRUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; MASS MEDIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 45749127014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-190     Document Type: Article

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