Trends in Cigarette Smoking in the United States: Educational Differences Are Increasing

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 56-60

  Pierce, John P ^a   Fiore, Michael C ^a,b   Novotny, Thomas E ^a   Hatziandreu, Evridiki J ^a   Davis, Ronald M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0024574973     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1989.03420010066034     Document Type: Article

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