Cigarette smoking among medical college students in Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 210-215

  Xiang, Huiyun ^a   Wang, Zengzhen ^b   Stallones, Lorann ^a   Yu, Songlin ^b   Gimbel, Hervey W ^c   Yang, Puna ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c USA China Health Project   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Medical; Smoking; Student

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; STRESS;

EID: 0032879103     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1999.0525     Document Type: Article

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