Brief report: Multilevel analysis of school smoking policy and pupil smoking behaviour in Wales

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 385-389

  Wiium, Nora ^a   Burgess, Stephen ^b   Moore, Laurence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pupil smoking; School environment; Tobacco policy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; POLICY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; WALES;

EID: 79951943021     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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