Smoking Prevalence among Migrants in the US Compared to the US-Born and the Population in Countries of Origin

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Bosdriesz, Jizzo R ^a   Lichthart, Nienke ^a   Witvliet, Margot I ^a   Busschers, Wim B ^a   Stronks, Karien ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; UNITED STATES;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874763836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058654     Document Type: Article

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