Toothbrushing and smoking among adolescents - Aggregation of health damaging behaviours

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 442-448

  Honkala, Sisko ^a   Honkala, Eino ^a   Newton, Tim ^b   Rimpelä, Arja ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

adolescents; Finland; school performance; smoking; socioeconomic status; toothbrushing; youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 79954516610     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2011.01709.x     Document Type: Article

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