Knowledge about the relationship between smoking and blindness in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia: Results from the International Tobacco Control Four-Country Project

Optometry

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 310-317

  Kennedy, Ryan David ^a,b   Spafford, Marlee M ^a   Parkinson, Carla M ^a   Fong, Geoffrey T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Cataract; Public health; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BLINDNESS; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BLINDNESS; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955091889     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optm.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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