Trends in adult tobacco use from two South African demographic and health surveys conducted in 1998 and 2003

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 744-749

  Peer, Nasheeta ^a   Bradshaw, Debbie ^a   Laubscher, Ria ^a   Steyn, Krisela ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICY; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; TOBACCO; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450182197     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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