Smoking among adolescents in China: 1998 survey findings

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1103-1110

  Yang, Gonghuan ^a   Ma, Jiemin ^a   Chen, Ai Ping ^a   Brown, Shannon ^b   Taylor, Carl E ^b   Samet, Jonathan M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; China; Prevalence; Smoking; Tobacco; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; HEALTH RISK; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHINA; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHINA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; URBAN HEALTH;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 7244255920     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh225     Document Type: Article

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