Prevalence and correlates of active and ever-smokers in metropolitan China

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 969-972

  Lee, Sing ^a   Guo, Wan jun ^a   Tsang, Adley ^a   Huang, Yue qin ^b   He, Yan ling ^c   Kessler, Ronald C ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

^c SHANGHAI MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (China)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Active smoking; Epidemiology; Metropolitan China; Quitting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TREND STUDY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149157548     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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