Testosterone and cigarette smoking in early adolescence.
Social and psychological variables are used to explain why young people become cigarette smokers, whereas biological factors have been virtually ignored as possible determinants of that behavior. In this study, salivary testosterone was positively associated with cigarette smoking among 201 subjects 12-14 years of age. This finding suggests that testosterone should be included in future considerations of adolescent cigarette smoking.
Bauman
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KE
School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7400.
Foshee
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VA
Koch
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Haley
N J
NJ
Downton
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MI
D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012463:Saliva / Q000378:metabolism*; D012907:Smoking / Q000378:metabolism*; D013739:Testosterone / Q000378:metabolism*
D013739:Testosterone