Country-level correlates of e-cigarette use in the European Union

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 269-275

  La Torre, Giuseppe ^a   Mipatrini, Daniele ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

e Cigarette; Europe; Smoking cessation; Tobacco policy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; EUROPE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84957950035     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-016-0792-1     Document Type: Article

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