Targeting School Tobacco Policy: Lessons From the Acadiana Coalition of Teens Against Tobacco (ACTT)

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 549-556

  Boris, Neil W ^a   Johnson, Carolyn C ^a   Huang, Sujuan ^b   Myers, Leann ^a   Andrew, Kiana ^c   Webber, Larry S ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Consultant in epidemiology and biostatistics ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; policy; smoking; teachers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 75549090920     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839907308116     Document Type: Article

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