Smoking beliefs and behavior among youth in Malaysia and Thailand

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 366-375

  Parkinson, Carla M ^a   Hammond, David ^a   Fong, Geoffrey T ^a   Borland, Ron ^b   Omar, Maizurah ^c   Sirirassamee, Buppha ^d   Awang, Rahmat ^c   Driezen, Pete ^a   Thompson, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Malaysia; Smoking; Thailand; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALAYSIA; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; THAILAND;

EID: 68049090949     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.33.4.3     Document Type: Article

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