Daily cigarette smoking among colombian high school students: gender related psychosocial factors Consumo diario de cigarrillo en adolescentes estudiantes: factores psicosociales relacionados con el género Consumo diário de cigarro em adolescentes: fatores psico-sociais relacionados com o gênero

This study aimed to establish the prevalence of daily cigarette smoking (DCS) and its gender correlated factors in high-school attending adolescents from Bucaramanga, Colombia. A random cluster sample was surveyed (N = 2291). The previous month DCS prevalence was 11.6% (95% CI 9.7-13.5) in boys and...

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Main Authors: Jorge Arturo Martínez-Mantilla, Walter Amaya-Naranjo, Horacio Alfredo Campillo, Luis Alfonso Díaz-Martínez, Adalberto Campo-Arias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2008-10-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692008000500017