Smoking prevalence in New Zealand from 1996– 2015: A critical review of national data sources to inform progress toward the smokefree 2025 goal

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 129, Issue 1439, 2016, Pages 11-22

  Ball, Jude ^a   Stanley, James ^a   Wilson, Nick ^a   Blakely, Tony ^a   Edwards, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MONITORING; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MOTIVATION; PASSIVE SMOKING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SMOKING BAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

PASSIVE SMOKING;

CENSUSES; ETHNIC GROUPS; GOALS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 85012005535     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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