The STAGE cohort: A prospective study of tobacco use among Swedish twins

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1727-1735

  Furberg, Helena ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^b   Pedersen, Nancy L ^c   Thornton, Laura ^a   Bulik, Cynthia M ^d   Lerman, Caryn ^e   Sullivan, Patrick F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TWINS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING CESSATION; SWEDEN; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; TWINS;

EID: 57049185670     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14622200802443551     Document Type: Article

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