Health knowledge and smoking among South African women

Health Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-169

  Jones, Andrew M ^a   Kirigia, Joses M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Econometrics; Prevention and health promotion; South Africa; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; TOBACCO;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0032921312     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199903)8:2<165::AID-HEC423>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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