Impact of smokeless tobacco use on smoking in northern Sweden

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 252, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 398-404

  Rodu, Brad ^a,c   Stegmayr, B ^b   Nasic, S ^b   Asplund K , ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Prevalence rates; Smokeless tobacco; Smoking; Snus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING CESSATION; SWEDEN; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SWEDEN; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 0036878578     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2002.01057.x     Document Type: Article

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