Transitions between the stages of smoking in Iranian adolescents

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-138

  Mohammadpoorasl Asghar, A ^a   Fakhari, Ali ^b   Shamsipour, Mansour ^c   Rostami, Fatemeh ^d   Rashidian, Hamideh ^c  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Attitude toward smoking; Longitudinal study; Predictors; Prevalence; Smoker friend; Smoking stages; Students; Substance abuse; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 78751701619     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.11.024     Document Type: Article

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