High prevalence of smoking among urban-dwelling Canadian men who have sex with men

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1143-1150

  Lampinen, Thomas M ^a,b   Bonner, Simon J ^a   Rusch, Melanie ^a,b   Hogg, Robert S ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Homosexuality; Male; Prevalence; Smoking; Substance abuse; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33845879323     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-006-9125-7     Document Type: Article

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