Migration and smoking: An epidemiological study of Finnish twins in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 285-291

  Jörgensen, Lena ^a   Hammar, Niklas ^b   Kaprio, Jaakko ^c   Koskenvuo, Markku ^d   Svensson, Åke ^e  

^a Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Finland; international migration; smoking; Sweden; twin studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILDHOOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SWEDEN; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWINS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TWINS;

EID: 23844446429     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940510005734     Document Type: Article

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