The Decline of Smoking in Northern Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 321-324

  Stegmayr, Birgitta ^a   Eliasson, Mats ^a   Rodu, Brad ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

moist snuff; smoking; snus; trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SWEDEN; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 23844450311     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940510032301     Document Type: Article

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