Social Networks and Smoking: Exploring the Effects of Peer Influence and Smoker Popularity Through Simulations

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Schaefer, David R ^a   Adams, Jimi ^b   Haas, Steven A ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; agent based modeling; network analysis; smoking and tobacco use; systems science

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGENT-BASED MODELING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SMOKING AND TOBACCO USE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMS SCIENCE; SYSTEMS THEORY;

ADOLESCENCE; AGENT-BASED MODELING; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SMOKING AND TOBACCO USE; SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 84890934245     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198113493091     Document Type: Article

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