Multi-country, cross-national comparison of youth tobacco use: Findings from Global School-based Health Surveys

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 470-478

  Page, Randy M ^a   Danielson, Mallory ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Global School based Health Survey; Other tobacco use; Smoking; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHILE; CHINA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLOMBIA; DJIBOUTI; ECUADOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL SCHOOL BASED HEALTH SURVEY; GLOBAL YOUTH TOBACCO SURVEY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; JORDAN; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOROCCO; MYANMAR; NAMIBIA; PHILIPPINES; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TAJIKISTAN; THAILAND; URUGUAY; YUGOSLAVIA; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79951854960     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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