Smoking prevalence in US birth cohorts: The influence of gender and education

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 231-236

  Escobedo, Luis G ^a   Peddicord, John P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; POLICY; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 0030056265     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.2.231     Document Type: Article

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