Fifteen-year follow-up of smoking prevention effects in the North Karelia youth project.

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Published in Am J Public Health on January 01, 1998

Authors

E Vartiainen1, M Paavola, A McAlister, P Puska

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland.

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