Spit (Smokeless)-Tobacco Use by Baseball Players Entering the Professional Ranks

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 126-132

  Cooper, Jeff ^a   Ellison, James A ^b   Walsh, Margaret M ^b  

^a Philadelphia Phillies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chewing tobacco; Oral snuff

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; TOBACCO;

EID: 0242350477     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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