Comparing tobacco use among incoming recruits and military personnel on active duty in the United States

Tobacco Control

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 236-240

  Chisick, Michael C ^a,d   Poindexter, Forrest R ^b   York, Andrew K ^c  

^a Aberdeen Proving Ground   (United States)

^b Bolling Air Force Base ^*  (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Military personnel; Tobacco use; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032152120     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.7.3.236     Document Type: Article

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