Electronic cigarette use in Greece: An analysis of a representative population sample in Attica prefecture

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Farsalinos, Konstantinos E ^a,b,c   Siakas, Georgios ^d   Poulas, Konstantinos ^b   Voudris, Vassilis ^a   Merakou, Kyriakoula ^c   Barbouni, Anastasia ^c  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Electronic cigarettes; Greece; Nicotine; Smoking harm reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRENT SMOKER; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FORMER SMOKER; GREECE; HUMAN; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; NEVER SMOKER; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VAPING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; GREECE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VAPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85045390292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12954-018-0229-7     Document Type: Article

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