Low-to-moderate alcohol consumption and smoking cessation rates: Retrospective analysis of 4576 elderly ever-smokers

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 122-129

  Breitling, Lutz Philipp ^a   Müller, Heiko ^a   Raum, Elke ^a   Rothenbacher, Dietrich ^a   Brenner, Hermann ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Historical cohort study; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649186865     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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