Smoking behavior in a Swiss urban population: The role of gender and education

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5 I, 1997, Pages 658-663

  Curtin, François ^a   Morabia, Alfredo ^a   Bernstein, Martine ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cigarettes; Education; Gender; Prevalence; Smoking habits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0030922899     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1997.0187     Document Type: Article

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