Smokers commonly misperceive that nicotine is a major carcinogen: National survey data

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 353-354

  Wilson, Nick ^a   Peace, Jo ^a   Edwards, Richard ^a   Weerasekera, Deepa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; NICOTINE;

DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; MOUTH CANCER; NEW ZEALAND; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; TOXICITY;

ADULT; CARCINOGENS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; NICOTINE; SMOKING;

EID: 79953017909     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.141762     Document Type: Letter

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