Electronic cigarette use among adult population: A cross-sectional study in Barcelona, Spain (2013-2014)

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Martínez Sánchez, Jose M ^a,b,c,d   Ballbè, Montse ^a,b,e,f   Fu, Marcela ^a,b,e   Martín Sánchez, Juan Carlos ^c   Saltó, Esteve ^e,g   Gottlieb, Mark ^d   Daynard, Richard ^d   Connolly, Gregory N ^h   Fernández, Esteve ^a,b,e  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^b BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^g Health Plan Directorate Ministry of Health Generalitat de Catalunya ^*  (Spain)

^h HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTININE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; NICOTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FIELD WORK; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PURCHASING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; SPAIN; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ELECTRONICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RISK; SMOKING; TOBACCO; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SPAIN; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923916816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005894     Document Type: Article

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