Predicting the future prevalence of cigarette smoking in Italy over the next three decades

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 699-704

  Carreras, Giulia ^a   Gorini, Giuseppe ^a   Gallus, Silvano ^b   Iannucci, Laura ^c   Levy, David T ^d  

^a Cancer Prevention and Research Institute ISPO   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866990516     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr108     Document Type: Article

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