Socio-demographic variation in smoking habits. Italy, 2008

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-217

  Tramacere, Irene ^a   Gallus, Silvano ^a   Zuccaro, Piergiorgio ^b   Colombo, Paolo ^c   Rossi, Silvia ^b   Boffetta, Paolo ^d   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,e  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c Gallup International Association   (Italy)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Italy; Population survey; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61649119633     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.12.014     Document Type: Article

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