Smoking Behaviors of General Educational Development (GED) Recipients.
Cigarette smoking is inversely associated with education, and despite this gradient effect, individuals with a General Educational Development (GED) diploma, obtained through a high school equivalency test, have the highest smoking prevalence. Considered the high school equivalency credential, it is...
| Publicado en: | Substance Use & Misuse Vol. 56; no. 11; pp. 1707 - 1715 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2021
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