Influence of neighborhood deprivation, gender and ethno-racial origin on smoking behavior of Canadian youth.

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Published in Prev Med on March 01, 2011

Authors

Flora I Matheson1, Marie C LaFreniere, Heather L White, Rahim Moineddin, James R Dunn, Richard H Glazier

Author Affiliations

1: Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. MathesonF@smh.toronto.on.ca

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