Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 39, Issue 5 , Pages 678-685 , November 2006

Social Status, Stress, and Adolescent Smoking

  • Daniel M. Finkelstein, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Laura D. Kubzansky, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Elizabeth Goodman, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Child, Youth, and Family Policy, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. Elizabeth Goodman, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454.

Received 16 December 2005 ,Accepted 17 April 2006.

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PII: S1054-139X(06)00144-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.04.011

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 39, Issue 5 , Pages 678-685 , November 2006

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