Age at smoking onset and its effect on smoking cessation

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 673-677

  Khuder, Sadik A ^a   Dayal, Hari H ^b   Mutgi, Anand B ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; PLANTS, TOXIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO;

EID: 0032843331     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4603(98)00113-0     Document Type: Article

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