Behavioral problems and tobacco use among adolescents in Chile
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Behavioral problems and tobacco use among adolescents in Chile.
OBJECTIVE To examine the association between behavioral problems and tobacco smoking among adolescent students in Chile. METHODS Data were drawn from a study that included questionnaire surveys of 46 907 school-attending adolescents in all 13 of the administrative regions of Chile. Assessments were based on an adapted, Spanish-language version of the Drug Use Screening Inventory. The conditio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1020-4989
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892003000700002