Tobacco smoking in black and white South Africans

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 115-118

  Peltzer, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0035541925     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v78i3.9074     Document Type: Article

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