Smoker misperceptions around tobacco: National survey data of particular relevance to protecting Māori health

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1306, 2009, Pages 123-127

  Wilson, Nick ^a   Thomson, George ^a   Weerasekera, Deepa ^a   Blakely, Tony ^a   Edwards, Richard ^a   Peace, Jo ^a   Young, David ^b   Gifford, Heather ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c Whakauae Research Services

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LETTER; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71649095691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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