Socioeconomic and drug use determinants of smoking status in an urban adult population of Black African descent

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1319-1325

  Mwenifumbo, Jill C ^a   Sellers, Edward M ^a   Tyndale, Rachel F ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; DRUG ABUSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; WIDOW;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 49049090792     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14622200802238894     Document Type: Article

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