The smoking epidemic in Switzerland - An empirical examination of the theory of diffusion of innovations

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 344-354

  Kuntsche, Sandra ^a   Gmel, Gerhard ^a  

^a SWISS INSTITUTE FOR THE PREVENTION OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG PROBLEMS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Education; Sex differences; Smoking epidemic; Switzerland; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 31144459532     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-005-4110-6     Document Type: Article

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