Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 44, Issue 4 , Pages 342-348 , April 2009

Influence of Subjective Social Status on the Relationship Between Positive Outcome Expectations and Experimentation with Cigarettes

  • Anna V. Wilkinson, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Anna V. Wilkinson, Ph.D., Department of Epidemiology, Unit 1340, U.T. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, P.O. Box 301439, Houston, TX 77230-1439.
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  • Sanjay Shete, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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  • Vandita Vasudevan, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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  • Alexander V. Prokhorov, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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  • Melissa L. Bondy, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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  • Margaret R. Spitz, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Received 2 January 2008 ,Revised 25 July 2008 ,Accepted 6 August 2008.

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PII: S1054-139X(08)00344-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.08.003

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 44, Issue 4 , Pages 342-348 , April 2009

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