Cigarette smoking and associated factors among in-school adolescents in Jamaica: Comparison of the Global Youth Tobacco surveys 2000 and 2006

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Muula, Adamson S ^a   Siziya, Seter ^b   Rudatsikira, Emmanuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77249106929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-1-55     Document Type: Article

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