Hazard of smoking initiation by age among adolescents in Wuhan, China
Hazard of smoking initiation by age among adolescents in Wuhan, China
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DOI:
10.1006/pmed.2001.0826
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发表时间:
2001-05-01
影响因子:
5.1
通讯作者:
Guo, Q
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文献类型:
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作者:
Chen, XG;Li, Y;Guo, Q
Background. Knowledge about age of smoking initiation among adolescents in China is helpful for exploring cultural differences in adolescent smoking behavior and informative for global tobacco control. However, little has been documented on this issue.Method. Adolescents (6,473) attending grades 7, 8, and 9 completed the baseline survey of a longitudinal, randomized smoking prevention trial, Data were collected in classrooms with a paper-and-pencil questionnaire. A survival model was used in the statistical analysis.Results. The hazard of smoking initiation for boys showed a pattern previously observed in the United States: very low (