Urban-rural differences in smoking prevalence in Greece
| Autor: | Aristofanis Gikas, Alexios Sotiropoulos, Eystathios Skliros, Panagiotis Merkouris |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Response rate (survey)
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty geography Current smoker geography.geographical_feature_category Health professionals business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Smoking prevalence Urban area Face to face interview Environmental health medicine business |
| Zdroj: | The European Journal of Public Health. 17:402-402 |
| ISSN: | 1464-360X 1101-1262 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/eurpub/ckm055 |
| Popis: | Dear Editor, After perusing the report by Vardavas and Kafatos,1 on smoking policy and prevalence in Greece, we thought that would be of interest to demonstrate the findingsof our study concerning the urban-rural differences in smoking prevalence. The study was conducted during the recent election day (15 October 2006) in the municipality of Salamis and Nemea. The first represent an urban area and the second a rural one. Data were collected through face to face interviews (response rate: 88% and 83%, respectively) conducted by trained health professionals. A current smoker was considered a person … |
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