Perceptions of risk among college smokers: Relationships to smoking status

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 504-509

  Seigers, Danielle K ^a   Terry, Christopher P ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ELMIRA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; risk perceptions; smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054819855     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359.2010.545155     Document Type: Article

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