Severe and differential underestimation of self-reported smoking prevalence in Chinese adolescents

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 662-666

  Ma, Jin ^a   Zhu, Jingfen ^a   Li, Na ^a   He, Yaping ^a   Cai, Yong ^a   Qiao, Jun ^a   Redmon, Pamela ^b   Wang, Zhiqiang ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Capture recapture; Self reporting; Tobacco smoking; Under reporting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84905101849     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-013-9326-x     Document Type: Article

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