Youth exposure to In-Vehicle Second-Hand smoke and their smoking behaviours: Trends and associations in repeated national surveys (2006–2012)

Tobacco Control

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 146-152

  Healey, Benjamin ^a   Hoek, Janet ^a   Wilson, Nick ^a   Thomson, George ^a   Taylor, Steve ^b   Edwards, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; CAR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; PARENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; SCHOOL; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOMOBILES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; SCHOOLS; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84923250481     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051124     Document Type: Article

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