Has the curve been broken? Trends between 1994 and 2006 in smoking and alcohol use among Greenlandic school children

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 299-307

  Niclasen, Birgit ^a,c,d   Schnohr, Christina ^b  

^a Ministry of Health   (Greenland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^d NONE   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Children; Prevention strategy; Smoking; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549105760     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v67i4.18344     Document Type: Article

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