Snuff use associated with abdominal obesity in former smokers

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 487-493

  Sundbeck, Mats ^a   Grahn, Mathias ^b   Lönngren, Vincent ^c   Månsson, Nils Ove ^c   Råstam, Lennart ^c   Lindblad, Ulf ^d  

^a Public Health Unit   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

obesity; overweight; smokeless tobacco; smoking; Snuff

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING CESSATION; SWEDEN; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 67651085114     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494809105546     Document Type: Article

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