The effects of social networks on tobacco use among high-school adolescents in Mexico

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 433-441

  Ramirez Ortiz G ^a   Caballero Hoyos, R ^a   Ramirez Lopez G ^a   Valente, T W ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Centrality; Friendship; Peer pressure; Social networks; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865482457     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: 16067916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-36342012000400014     Document Type: Article

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