Smoking reduction predicts cessation: Longitudinal evidence from the Finnish adult twin cohort

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 423-427

  Broms, Ulla ^a,b   Korhonen, Tellervo ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; TREND STUDY; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TWINS;

EID: 40749115911     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14622200801888988     Document Type: Article

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