Determinants of daily smoking in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Finland in 1994—2002

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 353-362

  Helasoja, Ville V ^a   Prättälä, Ritva S ^a   Patja, Kristna M ^a   Lahelma, Eero ^b   Klumbiene, Jurate ^c   Pudule, Iveta ^d   Kasmel, Anu ^e  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^d Health Promotion Centre   (Latvia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Baltic; distress; smoking; sociodemographic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIC; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33746543122     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940500414766     Document Type: Article

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