Intermittent smokers: A descriptive analysis of persons who have never smoked daily

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 86-89

  Husten, Corinne G ^a   McCarty, Maribet C ^b   Giovino, Gary A ^a   Chrismon, Jeffrey H ^a   Zhu, Bao Ping ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Mail Stop K 50 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 0031886962     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.1.86     Document Type: Article

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