Does social trust at school affect students' smoking and drinking behavior in Japan?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 299-306

  Takakura, Minoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Drinking; High school; Japan; Multi level modeling; Smoking; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; COGNITION; DRINKING; SMOKING; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CAPITAL; TRUST; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS; TRUST;

JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

EID: 78650908267     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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