Stress, stress management, smoking prevalence and quit rates in a disadvantaged area: Has anything changed?

Health Promotion Journal of Australia

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-44

  Tsourtos, George ^a   O'Dwyer, Lisel ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disadvantage area; Quit rates; Smoking prevalence; Stress; Stress management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 42449101857     PISSN: 10361073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/he08040     Document Type: Article

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