Prevalence and risk factors for initiation of smoking in greek high-school students

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 971-979

  Sichletidis, Lazaros T ^a   Chloros, Diamantis A ^a   Tsiotsios, Anastasios I ^a   Spyratos, Dionisios G ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Epidemiology; Greece; High school students; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GREECE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 67649205694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph6030971     Document Type: Article

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