Estimates of peer effects in adolescent smoking across twenty six European Countries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1186-1193

  McVicar, Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Europe; Peer effects; School; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; PROBABILITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG POPULATION;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PEER PRESSURE; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EUROPE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 80053331160     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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