The sociodemographic pattern of tobacco cessation in the 1980s: Results from a panel study of living condition surveys in Sweden

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 625-630

  Tillgren, Per ^a   Haglund, Bo J A ^a   Lundberg, Michael ^a   Romelsjö, Anders ^a  

^a Division of Social Medicine   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030462870     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.6.625     Document Type: Article

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