Socioeconomic factors associated with initiating and quitting cigarette smoking among korean men

Korean Journal of Family Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 415-425

  Kim, So Ra ^a   Kim, Ok Kil ^a   Yun, Kyung Eun ^a   Khang, Young Ho ^a   Cho, Hong Jun ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korea; Male; Smoking; Smoking cessation; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952455097     PISSN: 20056443     EISSN: 20926715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4082/kjfm.2009.30.6.415     Document Type: Article

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