Prevalence of smoking and attitude towards smoking regulation in Italy, 2004

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-81

  Gallus, Silvano ^a   Pacifici, Roberta ^b   Colombo, Paolo ^c   Scarpino, Vilma ^c   Zuccaro, Piergiorgio ^b   Bosetti, Cristina ^a   Fernandez, Esteve ^d   Apolone, Giovanni ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,e  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c Gallup International Association   (Italy)

^d CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Italy; Population survey; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CATERING SERVICE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 30044448893     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.cej.0000180667.89087.b9     Document Type: Article

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