Smoking prevalence in medicaid has been declining at a negligible rate

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Zhu, Shu Hong ^a,b   Anderson, Christopher M ^b   Zhuang, Yue Lin ^b   Gamst, Anthony C ^a,b   Kohatsu, Neal D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TREND STUDY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; HEALTH INSURANCE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019671273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178279     Document Type: Article

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