Smoking behaviors and perceived risk of injuries in Italy, 2007

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-126

  Iacobelli, Nick ^a,b   Gallus, Silvano ^a   Petridou, Eleni ^c   Zuccaro, Piergiorgio ^d   Colombo, Paolo ^e   Pacifici, Roberta ^d   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,f   Negri, Eva ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e Gallup International Association   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accident; Injury control; Italy; Smoking; Survey

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BED; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 45449107760     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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