Can we measure daily tobacco consumption in remote Indigenous communities? Comparing self-reported tobacco consumption with community-level estimates in an Arnhem Land study

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-172

  Clough, Alan R ^a   Maclaren, David J ^a   Robertson, Jan A ^a   Ivers, Rowena G ^b   Conigrave, Katherine M ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian; Indigenous; Measurement; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN TERRITORY; POPULATION GROUPS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952295796     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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