Which literacy skills are associated with smoking?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-192

  Martin, Laurie T ^a   Haas, Ann ^a   Schonlau, Matthias ^a   Derose, Kathryn Pitkin ^a   Rosenfeld, Lindsay ^b   Rudd, Rima ^c   Buka, Stephen L ^d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER; HEALTH RISK; INCOME; LITERACY; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856022753     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2011.136341     Document Type: Article

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