Main determinants of cigarette smoking in youth based on the 2006 Cyprus GYTS

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 232-236

  Christophi, Costas A ^a,b   Savvides, Elena Charis G ^a   Warren, Charles W ^c   Demokritou, Philip ^a   Connolly, Gregory N ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking prevention; Cyprus; GYTS; Multivariate logistic models; Smoking determinants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CYPRUS; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; MALE; PARENTAL SMOKING; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYPRUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARKETING; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 61649108083     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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