Perceptions of the health risks related to cigarettes and nicotine among university faculty

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 154-159

  Patel, Dimple ^a   Peiper, Nicholas ^a   Rodu, Brad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarettes; nicotine; risk perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873926170     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359.2012.703268     Document Type: Article

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