Low daily smoking estimates derived from sales monitored tobacco use in six remote predominantly Aboriginal communities

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL, 2010, Pages

  Butler, Rosalind ^a   Chapman, Simon ^b   Thomas, David P ^c   Torzillo, Paul ^a  

^a Nganampa Health Council   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Australia; Indigenous; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956631891     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00557.x     Document Type: Article

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