Gender differences in smoking among U.S. working adults

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 467-475

  Syamlal, Girija ^a   Mazurek, Jacek M ^a   Dube, Shanta R ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920927191     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.06.013     Document Type: Article

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