Factors associated with smoking and the reasons for stopping in Maori and Europeans: A comparative study

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 1064, 1998, Pages 148-151

  Klemp, Patrick ^a,c   Robertson, M Clare ^b   Stansfield, Shelley ^a   Klemp, Jean A ^a   Harding, Elizabeth ^a  

^a QE Health   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0032562297     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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