Predictors of smoking in a cross section of novice mine workers

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 321-324

  Kleinschmidt, I ^a,b  

^a Epidemiology Research Unit   (South Africa)

^b Statistics South Africa   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; MIGRATION; MINING; NEGRO; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MINING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031267677     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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