Temporal changes of under-reporting of cigarette consumption in population-based studies

Tobacco Control

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-39

  Gallus, Silvano ^a   Tramacere, Irene ^a   Boffetta, Paolo ^b,c   Fernandez, Esteve ^d,e   Rossi, Silvia ^f   Zuccaro, Piergiorgio ^f   Colombo, Paolo ^g   la Vecchia, Carlo ^a,h  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^g Gallup International Association   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ITALY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING;

EID: 78650626090     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2009.034132     Document Type: Article

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