Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 609-617 , December 2009

Is the Relationship between Smoking and Mental Health Influenced by Other Unhealthy Lifestyle Factors? Results from a 3-Year Follow-up Study Among Adolescents in Oslo, Norway

  • Lars Lien, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    • Innlandet Hospital Trust HF, Brumunddal, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Lars Lien, Ph.D., Institute of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Box 1130, Blindern, 0138 Oslo, Norway.
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  • Åse Sagatun, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway, Oslo, Norway
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  • Sonja Heyerdahl, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway, Oslo, Norway
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  • Anne Johanne Søgaard, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    • Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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  • Espen Bjertness, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    • Tibet University Medical College, Lasha, Tibet

Received 11 October 2008 ,Accepted 15 April 2009.

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PII: S1054-139X(09)00171-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.04.011

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 609-617 , December 2009

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