Biochemically-verified smoking rate trends and factors associated with inaccurate self-reporting of smoking habits in Korean women

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 6807-6812

  Kang, Hyun Goo ^a   Kwon, Kyoung Hyun ^b   Lee, In Wook ^a   Jung, Boyoung ^a   Park, Eun Cheol ^a,c   Jang, Sung In ^a,c  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Institute of Health Services Research   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cotinine; Korean females; Self Reporting; Smoking rates; Surveillance and monitoring

Indexed keywords

COTININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOUTH KOREA; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COTININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892457608     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.11.6807     Document Type: Article

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