Subjective health of male ex-smokers: Relationship with time since smoking cessation, intensity and duration of tobacco consumption

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 320-325

  Díez Gaán, Lucía ^a   Guallar Castillón, Pilar ^a   Banegas Banegas, José Ramón ^a   Lafuente Urdinguio, Pedro José ^b   Fernández, Esteve ^c   González Enríquez, Jesús ^d   Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Smoking cessation; Spain; Subjective health; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; SPAIN; TIME; TOBACCO;

EID: 0036436812     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2002.1082     Document Type: Article

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