Snus use and smoking behaviors: Preliminary findings from a prospective cohort study among US midwest young adults

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 683-685

  Taylor, Naomi ^a   Choi, Kelvin ^a,b   Forster, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINNESOTA; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 84924700366     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302536     Document Type: Article

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