Gender Differences in U.S. Adolescent E-Cigarette Use

Current Addiction Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 422-430

  Kong, Grace ^a   Kuguru, Karissa E ^a   Krishnan Sarin, Suchitra ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; E cigarette; Gender; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 85083169267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21962952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40429-017-0176-5     Document Type: Review

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