Trends in cigarette smoking in the German centers of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC): The influence of the educational level

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 448-454

  Rohrmann, Sabine ^a   Becker, Nikolaus ^a   Kroke, Anja ^b   Boeing, Heiner ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birth cohorts; Cigarette smoking; Education; EPIC; Germany

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 0037376745     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-7435(02)00047-6     Document Type: Article

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