The Influence of School Policies on Smoking Prevalence Among Students in Grades 5-9, Canada, 2004-2005

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Lovato, Chris Y ^a   Pullman, Allison W ^a   Halpin, MPeter ^a   Zeisser, Cornelia ^a   Nykiforuk, Candace I J ^a   Diener, Alan ^a   Manske, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SMOKING;

EID: 79954438056     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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