Socio-demographic characteristics of New Zealand smokers: Results from the 1996 census

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1101, 1999, Pages 460-463

  Borman, Barry ^a   Wilson, Nicholas ^b   Mailing, Cynthia ^a  

^a Health Funding Authority   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PARITY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PARITY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 0033544525     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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