Smoking in China: Findings of the 1996 National Prevalence Survey

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1247-1253

  Yang, Gonghuan ^a   Fan, Lixin ^a   Tan, Jian ^a   Qi, Guoming ^a   Zhang, Yifang ^a   Samet, Jonathan M ^b   Taylor, Carl E ^b   Becker, Karen ^b   Xu, Jing ^b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0033530251     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.13.1247     Document Type: Article

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