Late-onset smokers: How many, and associations with health behaviours and socioeconomic status

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 537-543

  Tjora, Tore ^a   Hetland, Jørn ^a   Aarø, Leif Edvard ^a   Wold, Bente ^a   Øverland, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescent; smoking; smoking cessation; socioeconomic status; young adult

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866247889     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494812454233     Document Type: Article

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