Tobacco use in older adults in Ghana: Sociodemographic characteristics, health risks and subjective wellbeing

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Yawson, Alfred E ^a,b   Baddoo, Akosua ^a,b   Hagan Seneadza, Nana Ayegua ^a,b   Calys Tagoe, Benedict ^a,b   Hewlett, Sandra ^a   Dako Gyeke, Phyllis ^a   Mensah, George ^a   Minicuci, Nadia ^a,c   Naidoo, Nirmala ^d   Chatterji, Somnath ^d   Kowal, Paul ^d,e   Biritwum, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ghana; Middle income countries; Older adults; Subjective wellbeing; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK; SATISFACTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO;

EID: 84885558173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-979     Document Type: Article

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