Public understanding of the illnesses caused by cigarette smoking

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 349-355

  Weinstein, Neil D ^a   Slovic, Paul ^b   Waters, Erika ^a   Gibson, Ginger ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c CoDevelopment Canada ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AWARENESS; BRONCHITIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC OPINION; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542452929     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14622200410001676459     Document Type: Article

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