Smoking prevalence in the european union: A comparison of national and transnational prevalence survey methods and results

Tobacco Control

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Bogdanovica, Ilze ^a   Godfrey, Fiona ^b   Mcneill, Ann ^a   Britton, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; STANDARD;

AGE FACTORS; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SMOKING;

EID: 78650629613     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2010.040279     Document Type: Article

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