Gender differentials in the evolution of cigarette smoking habits in a general European adult population from 1993-2003

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Costanza, Michael C ^a   Salamun, Julien ^a   Lopez, Alan D ^b   Morabia, Alfredo ^a,c  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SWITZERLAND; AGE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33745168930     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-130     Document Type: Article

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