Smoking in migrants in New South Wales, Australia: Report on data from over 100000 participants in the 45 and Up Study

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 597-605

  Weber, Marianne F ^a   Banks, Emily ^b   Sitas, Freddy ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Migrant; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 80155154089     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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