The 'moral career' of cigarette smokers: A French survey

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-273

  Peretti Watel, Patrick ^a,b,c   Halfen, Sandrine ^d   Grémy, Isabelle ^d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DU CANCER   (France)

^d Health Monitoring Centre of Paris Ile de France Region (ORSIF)   (France)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; France; Moral career; Risk denial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENIAL; FRANCE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34547998496     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698570701486070     Document Type: Article

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