Does the US navy attract young women who smoke?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 792-794

  Weaver, Kathleen B ^a   Woodruff, Susan I ^a   Conway, Terry L ^a   Edwards, Christine C ^a   Zhu, Shu Hong ^b   Elder, John P ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Military; Smoking; Tobacco use; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MILITARY SERVICE; NAVY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0031785450     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.11.792     Document Type: Article

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