Time trends in smoking habits among Italian young adults

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2197-2206

  Verlato, Giuseppe ^a   Melotti, Roberto ^a   Corsico, Angelo G ^b   Bugiani, Massimiliano ^c   Carrozzi, Laura ^d   Marinoni, Alessandra ^b   Dallari, Rossano ^e   Pirina, Pietro ^f   Struzzo, Pierluigi ^g   Olivieri, Mario ^a   de Marco, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c CPA ASL 4   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^e AUSL Modena   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^g Municipality of Udine ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Female; Italy; Population surveillance; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ITALY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIFESPAN; LOG RANK TEST; MALE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SMOKING HABIT; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750853564     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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