Smokeless tobacco use among professional baseball players: Survey results, 1998 to 2003

Tobacco Control

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-36

  Severson, H H ^a   Klein, K ^a   Lichtensein, E ^a   Kaufman, N ^a   Orleans, C T ^b  

^a OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BASEBALL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SMOKING; TOBACCO USE CESSATION; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 15044365699     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2004.007781     Document Type: Review

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