An examination of the association between seeing smoking in films and tobacco use in young adults in the west of Scotland: Cross-sectional study

Health Education Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-31

  Hunt, Kate ^a   Sweeting, Helen ^a   Sargent, James ^b   Lewars, Heather ^a   Cin, Sonya Dal ^b   Worth, Keilah ^b  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 58549097859     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cym082     Document Type: Article

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