Cigarette smoking among adolescents in Thessaloniki, Greece

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 204-207

  Arvanitidou, Malamatenia ^a   Tirodimos, Ilias ^a   Kyriakidis, Ioannis ^a   Tsinaslanidou, Zinovia ^a   Seretopoulos, Demitris ^a   Dardavessis, Theodore ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cigarette smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 50649118824     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-008-8001-5     Document Type: Article

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