The average age of smoking onset in Germany - Trends and correlates

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 160-164

  Schneider, Sven ^a   Mohnen, Sigrid M ^b   Pust, Svenja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Average age of starting to smoke; Cigarette smoking; Cohort analysis; Initiation; Onset age

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY;

EID: 47249090053     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-008-6115-4     Document Type: Article

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