Smoking and relative body weight: An international perspective from the WHO MONICA project

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 252-260

  Molarius, A ^a,b   Seidell, J C ^c   Kuulasmaa, K ^a   Dobson, A J ^d   Sans, S ^e  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0030873631     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.3.252     Document Type: Article

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