Factors affecting tobacco use among middle school students in Saudi Arabia

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1828-1836

  Park, H K ^a   Al Agili, D E ^b   Bartolucci, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX   (United States)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Determinants; Prevention; Saudi Arabia; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RISK-TAKING; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84871748773     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-011-0929-z     Document Type: Article

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