Predictors of the prevalence of tobacco use among Francophones and Anglophones in the province of Ontario

Health Education Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 209-223

  DeWit, David J ^a   Beneteau, Blanche ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0033044248     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/14.2.209     Document Type: Article

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