Linking Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) Data to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC): The Case for Brazil

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL.1, 2008, Pages

  de Almeida, Liz Maria ^a   Cavalcante, Tânia Maria ^a   Casado, Letícia ^a   Fernandes, Elaine Masson ^a   Warren, Charles Wick ^b   Peruga, Armando ^c   Jones, Nathan R ^b   Curi Hallal, Ana Luiza ^d   Asma, Samira ^b   Lee, Juliette ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^d Maternidade Carmela Dutra   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Surveillance; Tobacco use; Youth

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE OF ONSET; BRAZIL; CHILD; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 51849119740     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.11.017     Document Type: Article

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