Results of global youth tobacco surveys in public schools in bogotá, colombia

Journal of School Health

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 141-145

  Pardo, Constanza ^a   Piñeros, Marion ^a   Jones, Nathan R ^b   Warren, Charles W ^c  

^a Instituto Nacional de Cancerología   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Smoking; Surveillance; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING;

EID: 77952921847     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2009.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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