Global adult tobacco survey (GATS) in poland 2009-2010 - Study strengths, limitations and lessons learned

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 717-722

  Kaleta, Dorota ^a   Usidame, Bukola ^b   Biliński, Przemyslaw ^c   Raciborski, Filip ^d   Samoliński, Boleslaw ^e   Wojtyla, Andrzej ^f   Fronczak, Adam ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c Chief Sanitary Inspectorate   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY   (Poland)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^f POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adults; GATS; Poland; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FUNDING; GLOBAL ADULT TOBACCO SURVEY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEW; POLAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84871556791     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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