Gender and age differences among current smokers in a general population survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  John, Ulrich ^a   Hanke, Monika ^a   Meyer, Christian ^a   Schumann, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 23044432242     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-5-57     Document Type: Review

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