Tobacco smoking prevalence in Pacific Island countries and territories: A review

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 1263, 2007, Pages

  Rasanathan, Kumanan ^a   Tukuitonga, Colin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN SAMOA; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COOK ISLANDS; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FRENCH POLYNESIA; GUAM; HUMAN; KIRIBATI; MEDLINE; NAURU; NEW CALEDONIA; NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PALAU; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; TAX; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TOKELAU; TREND STUDY; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 36949024649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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