Parental divorce and adolescent cigarette smoking and alcohol use: Assessing the importance of family conflict

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 537-542

  Kristjansson, Alfgeir Logi ^a,b   Sigfusdottir, Inga Dora ^a   Allegrante, John P ^c,d,e   Helgason, Asgeir R ^b,e  

^a Icelandic Centre for Social Research and Analysis   (Iceland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^e REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Alcohol use; Cigarette smoking; Divorce; Family conflict

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIVORCE; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIVORCE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; SMOKING;

EID: 59149101891     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.01133.x     Document Type: Article

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