Tobacco use among adolescent students and the influence of role models

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 272-275

  Sharma, Rahul ^a   Grover, Vijay ^a   Chaturvedi, Sanjay ^a  

^a UCMS AND GTB HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescent; behavior; role models; smoking; students; tobacco use

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955340523     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.66891     Document Type: Article

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