Gender and socio-economic differences in daily smoking and smoking cessation among adult residents in a Greek rural area

Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-21

  Birmpili, Evangelia ^a   Katsiki, Niki ^b   Malhotra, Aseem ^c   Dimopoulou, Evelina ^d   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^e   Tsiligiroglou Fachantidou, Anna ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Agios Dimitrios General Hospital   (Greece)

^c HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adults; Gender; Rural; Smoking; Smoking cessation; Socio economic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOOK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84860681575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18741924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874192401206010015     Document Type: Article

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