Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 42, Issue 3 , Pages 266-274 , March 2008

Association Between Trauma Exposure and Smoking in a Population-Based Sample of Young Adults

  • Miguel E. Roberts, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Duke University Medical Center/ Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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  • Bernard F. Fuemmeler, Ph.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Bernard F. Fuemmeler, Ph.D., M.P.H., Duke University Medical Center, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Box 2914, Room 358 Hanes House, Durham, NC 27710.
    • ,
  • F. Joseph McClernon, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Jean C. Beckham, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Duke University Medical Center/ Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center/ VISN 6 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Durham, North Carolina

Received 29 December 2006 ,Accepted 10 August 2007.

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PII: S1054-139X(07)00432-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.08.029

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 42, Issue 3 , Pages 266-274 , March 2008

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