Mother-adolescent communication about tobacco use in urban Puerto Rican and Dominican families

Youth and Society

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-113

  Guilamo Ramos, Vincent ^a   Bouris, Alida M ^a   Dittus, Patricia ^b   Jaccard, James ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*

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

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Latino families; Parent adolescent communication; Tobacco; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 49649123772     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X07308072     Document Type: Article

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