Relationships between self-esteem and smoking experimentation in childhood

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 529-537

  Barlow, Alexandra ^a   Woods, Susan E ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood; Longitudinal study; Self esteem; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 69149105714     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13619460701269682     Document Type: Article

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