Associations between adolescent socioeducational status and use of snus and smoking

Tobacco Control

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 291-296

  Øverland, Simon ^a   Tjora, Tore ^a,b   Hetland, Jørn ^a   Aarø, Leif Edvard ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Unifob Health   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955302202     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2009.034512     Document Type: Article

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