Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 58-66 , July 2010

The Relative Importance of Different Measures of Peer Smoking on Adolescent Smoking Behavior: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analyses of a Large British Cohort

Received 14 July 2009 ,Accepted 22 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.12.020

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 58-66 , July 2010

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