A comparison of smokers' and ex-smokers' health-related quality of life

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 268-273

  Tillmann, Maria ^a   Silcock, Jonathan ^b  

^a University of Bradford ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EuroQol; quality of life; SF 36; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SCOTLAND; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030730976     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024629     Document Type: Article

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