Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 4 , Pages 379-389 , April 2008

Adolescent smoking and volume of exposure to various forms of media

  • Brian A. Primack

      Affiliations

    • Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 230 McKee Place Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Division of Adolescent Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 230 McKee Place Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Tel.: +14125869789; fax: +14126924838.
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  • Stephanie R. Land

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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  • Michael J. Fine

      Affiliations

    • Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 230 McKee Place Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Health Care System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Received 18 December 2006 ,Revised 13 June 2007 ,Accepted 27 July 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.07.022

Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 4 , Pages 379-389 , April 2008

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