Smokers' accounts on the health risks of smoking: Why is smoking not dangerous for me?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 877-883

  Heikkinen, Hanne ^a   Patja, Kristiina ^b   Jallinoja, Piia ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Association for Medical Continuous Professional Development in Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blame; Finland; Health risks; Lay perceptions; Risk behaviour; Risk denial; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK PERCEPTION; SMOKING;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

FINLAND;

EID: 77955096316     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.05.036     Document Type: Article

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