Peer influence and selection effects on adolescent smoking

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 109, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 239-242

  Go, Myong Hyun ^a   Green, Harold D ^a   Kennedy, David P ^a   Pollard, Michael ^a   Tucker, Joan S ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Friendship networks; Selection; Smoking; Sociology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77953020856     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.12.017     Document Type: Article

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