Prevalence of smoking in 8 countries of the former Soviet Union: Results from the living conditions, lifestyles and health study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2177-2187

  Gilmore, Anna ^a   Pomerleau, Joceline ^a   McKee, Martin ^a   Rose, Richard ^b   Haerpfer, Christian W ^c   Rotman, David ^d   Tumanov, Sergej ^e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Austria)

^d BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^e MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARMENIA; BELARUS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KAZAKHSTAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOLDOVA; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; UKRAINE; USSR;

EID: 9644274146     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.12.2177     Document Type: Review

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