Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of daily cigarette smoking in poland: Results from the global adult tobacco survey (2009-2010)

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 126-136

  Kaleta, Dorota ^a   Makowiec Dabrowska, Teresa ^a,b   Dziankowska Zaborszczyk, Elzbieta ^a   Fronczak, Adam ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^c Ministerstwo Zdrowia Poland   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adults; GATS; Poland; Socio demographic factors; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864046675     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/S13382-012-0016-8     Document Type: Review

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