Smoking behaviour and attitudes of Hungarian Roma and non-Roma population towards tobacco control policies

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 485-491

  Paulik, Edit ^a   Nagymajtényi, László ^a   Easterling, Douglas ^b   Rogers, Todd ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Hungary; Roma minority; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GIPSY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GYPSIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC POLICY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80955134043     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-011-0252-x     Document Type: Article

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