A dynamic model of US adolescents' smoking and friendship networks

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Schaefer, David R ^a   Haas, Steven A ^a   Bishop, Nicholas J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862514103     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300705     Document Type: Article

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