Smoking and perceived health in Hong Kong Chinese

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1761-1770

  Ho, Sai Yin ^a   Lam, Tai Hing ^a   Fielding, Richard ^a   Janus, Edward Denis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Wimmera Base Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Health status; Hong Kong; Smoking

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHINESE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0041423455     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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