Smoking prevalence, its determinants and short-term health implications in the Australian defence force

Military Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 267-272

  Barton, Christopher A ^a   McGuire, Annabel ^b   Waller, Michael ^b   Treloar, Susan A ^b   McClintock, Christine ^b   McFarlane, Alexander C ^c   D'Este, Cate ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MELANESIA; MENTAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOLDIER; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANESIA; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953308319     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-09-00287     Document Type: Article

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