Smokeless tobacco use in military personnel

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1300-1305

  Peterson, Alan L ^a,b   Severson, Herb H ^c   Andrews, Judy A ^c   Gott, Sherrie P ^a,b   Cigrang, Jeffrey A ^b   Gordon, Judith S ^c   Hunter, Christine M ^b   Martin, Gary C ^d  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 37249048412     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.12.1300     Document Type: Article

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