Boys and girls smoking within the Danish elementary school classes: A group-level analysis

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 62-69

  Rasmussen, Mette ^a   Damsgaard, Mogens T ^a   Due, Pernille ^a   Holstein, Bjørn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

adolescence; gender; group level analysis; school class; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; STUDENTS;

EID: 84993687353     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14034948020300010101     Document Type: Article

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