Gender differences in smoking behaviors in an asian population

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 971-978

  Tsai, Yi Wen ^a   Tsai, Tzu I ^b   Yang, Chung Lin ^b   Kuo, Ken N ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TAIWAN; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 49149105911     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2007.0621     Document Type: Article

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