Tobacco use in the Dominican Republic: Understanding the culture first

Tobacco Control

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Dozier, Ann M ^a   Ossip Klein, D J ^a   Diaz, S ^b   Chin, N P ^a   Sierra, E ^a   Quinones Z ^b   Dye, T D ^a   McIntosh, S ^a   Armstrong, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra   (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SMOKING;

EID: 33745007987     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2005.014852     Document Type: Article

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