Are college student smokers really a homogeneous group? A latent class analysis of college student smokers

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 444-454

  Sutfin, Erin L ^a   Reboussin, Beth A ^a   McCoy, Thomas P ^a   Wolfson, Mark ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PEER GROUP; SMOKING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549085782     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntp006     Document Type: Article

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