E-cigarette Use and Smoking Cessation Among South Korean Adult Smokers: A Propensity Score–Matching Approach

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 332-341

  Sung, Baksun ^a  

^a Korea Institute for Educational Policy   (South Korea)

Author keywords

adult smokers; e cigarette use; propensity score matching; smoking cessation; South Korea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; PROPENSITY SCORE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELECTION BIAS; SMOKING CESSATION; SOUTH KOREA; SOUTH KOREAN; YOUNG ADULT; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PROPENSITY SCORE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SMOKERS; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85041894948     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539517740054     Document Type: Article

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