Early smoking initiation and associated factors among in-school male and female adolescents in seven African countries

African Health Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 320-328

  Peltzer, K ^a,b  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescents; African countries; Early initiation; Health compromising behaviours; Protective factors; Psychosocial correlates; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; BOTSWANA; KENYA; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAMIBIA; ONSET AGE; RISK FACTOR; SENEGAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; UGANDA; ZIMBABWE;

AGE OF ONSET; BOTSWANA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAMIBIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SENEGAL; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TANZANIA; UGANDA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84861325853     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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