Are mature smokers misinformed?

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 385-397

  Khwaja, Ahmed ^a   Silverman, Dan ^b   Sloan, Frank ^c   Wang, Yang ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Mortality; Smoking; Subjective beliefs

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; HEALTH POLICY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK PERCEPTION; SMOKING; SURVIVAL; TOBACCO;

AGED; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 62049085870     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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