Prevalence and correlates of electronic cigarette use among adolescents in Greece: A preliminary cross-sectional analysis of nationwide survey data

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 88-92

  Fotiou, Anastasios ^a,b   Kanavou, Eleftheria ^b   Stavrou, Myrto ^b   Richardson, Clive ^c   Kokkevi, Anna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescents; E cigarettes; Greece; HBSC; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIFESPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE USE; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 84938319337     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.07.021     Document Type: Article

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