Complexity of measuring "cigar use" in adolescents: Results from a split sample experiment

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 291-295

  Trapl, Erika S ^a,b   Terchek, Joshua J ^a   Danosky, Laura ^b   Cofie, Leslie ^b   Brooks Russell, Ashley ^c   Frank, Scott H ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 79956110350     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntq247     Document Type: Article

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