Nicotine dependence versus smoking prevalence: Comparisons among countries and categories of smokers

Tobacco Control

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 52-56

  Fagerström, Karl O ^a   Kunze, Michael ^b   Schoberberger, Rudolph ^b   Breslau, Naomi ^c,d   Hughes, John R ^e   Hurt, Richard D ^f   Puska, Pekka ^g   Ramström, Lars ^h   Zatoríski, Witold ⁱ  

^a Pharmacia and Upjohn   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^g NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h Institute for Tobacco Studies   (Sweden)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Nicotine dependence; Smoking prevalence

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NICOTINE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0030098438     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.5.1.52     Document Type: Article

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