Electronic cigarette use among adolescents: A cross-sectional study in Hong Kong

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Jiang, Nan ^a   Wang, Man Ping ^a   Ho, Sai Yin ^a   Leung, Lok Tung ^a   Lam, Tai Hing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescents; E cigarettes; Electronic cigarettes; Hong Kong; Smoking; Students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STUDENTS;

EID: 84959422927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2719-4     Document Type: Article

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