"Hardcore"definitions and their application to a population-based sample of smokers

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 860-864

  Costa, Michelle L ^a   Cohen, Joanna E ^a,b   Chaiton, Michael O ^a   Ip, David ^a   McDonald, Paul ^a,c   Ferrence, Roberta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HARDCORE CIGARETTE SMOKING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

CANADA; HUMANS; ONTARIO; POPULATION GROUPS; SMOKING;

EID: 77955251361     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntq103     Document Type: Article

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