Poorer mental health in many New Zealand smokers: National survey data from the ITC Project

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1326, 2010, Pages 129-132

  Wilson, Nick ^a   Weerasekera, Deepa ^a   Collings, Sunny ^a   Edwards, Richard ^a   Van Der Deen, Frederieke S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEW ZEALAND; SHORT FORM 36; SMOKING; STUDY DESIGN;

ADULT; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 78649643155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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