Cigarette smoking in Chinese adolescents: Importance of controlling the amount of pocket money

Public Health

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 687-693

  Ma, J ^a   Zhu, J ^a   Li, N ^a   He, Y ^a   Cai, Y ^a   Qiao, Y ^a   Redmon, P ^b   Wang, Z ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Attributable risk percentage; Pocket money; Smoking

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CHILD; CHINA; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MONEY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATERNAL SMOKING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK PERCENTAGE; POCKET MONEY; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84880745500     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2013.04.016     Document Type: Article

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