Reasons for smoking among male teenagers in Tehran, Iran: Two case- control studies using snowball sampling

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 216-223

  Rezaei, Fatemeh ^a   Nedjat, Saharnaz ^b   Golestan, Banafsheh ^a   Majdzadeh, Reza ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Male; Smoking; Snowball sampling; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; PARENTAL SMOKING; PERSONAL NEEDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SMOKING HABIT; SNOWBALL SAMPLE; SOCIAL STATUS; TOBACCO;

EID: 80053635220     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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