Oral contraception and smoking: Time trends for a risk behaviour in Finland

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-33

  Kosunen, Elise A L ^a   Rimpelä, Arja H ^b,c   Kaprio, Jaakko A ^d   Berg, Mari Anna ^e  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

adolescence; oral contraceptives; smoking

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 0030968875     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/7.1.29     Document Type: Article

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