Perceptions of relative risk of snus and cigarettes among US smokers

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Popova, Lucy ^a   Ling, Pamela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; RISK; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886439978     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301547     Document Type: Article

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