Prevalence of tobacco use among junior high and senior high school students in Taiwan

Journal of School Health

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 649-654

  Chen, Ping Ling ^a   Huang, Weigang ^b   Chuang, Yi Li ^b   Warren, Charles W ^c   Jones, Nathan R ^d   Asma, Samira ^e  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Health ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Schools; Surveillance; Taiwan; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STUDENT; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STUDENTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 55349125334     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2008.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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