Is there evidence of 'hardening' among Australian smokers between 1997 and 2007? Analyses of the Australian National Surveys of Mental Health and Well-Being

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1132-1136

  Mathews, Rebecca ^a   Hall, Wayne D ^a   Gartner, Coral E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

hardening; psychological distress; smoking; socioeconomic disadvantage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78449305863     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2010.520116     Document Type: Article

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