Tobacco use in six economically disadvantaged communities in the Dominican Republic

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 851-860

  Ossip Klein, Deborah J ^a   Fisher, Susan ^a   Diaz, Sergio ^b   Quinones, Zahira ^b   Sierra, Essie ^a   Dozier, Ann ^a   McIntosh, Scott ^a   Guido, Joseph ^a   Winters, Paul ^a   Diaz, Omar ^b   Armstrong, LaToya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra   (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CAR; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE; TELEVISION; TOBACCO; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN AREA; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 47149100966     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14622200802027164     Document Type: Article

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