Trends in smoking prevalence in Danish adults, 1964—1994

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 293-298

  Osler, Merete ^a   Prescott, Eva ^b   Gottschau, Adam ^b   Bjerg, Anders ^b   Ole Hein, Hans ^a   Sjøl, Anette ^c   Schnohr, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

educational status; smoking; time trend

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 0031761908     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14034948980260041101     Document Type: Article

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