The relationship between age of smoking initiation and current smoking: An analysis of school surveys in three european countries

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 729-733

  Reidpath, Daniel D ^a   Ling, Mei Lee ^a   Wellington, Edith ^a   Al Sadat, Nabilla ^b   Yasin, Shahjahan ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LATVIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTENEGRO (REPUBLIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVENIA; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATVIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MONTENEGRO; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SLOVENIA; SMOKING;

EID: 84874043995     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/nts177     Document Type: Article

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