The gender-specific association between asthma and the need to smoke tobacco

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-83

  Guo, Su Er ^a   Ratner, Pamela A ^b   Okoli, Chizimuzo T C ^c   Johnson, Joy L ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents' Need for Smoking Scale; Gender differences; Lung disease; Nicotine dependence; Tobacco use; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMATIC STATE; CANADA; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SENSORY DEPENDENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TOBACCO USE;

EID: 84891164024     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: 15273288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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