Smoking in Latin America: a major public health problem

Smoking in Latin America: a major public health problem

Smoking has become a major public health problem in Latin America, and its scope varies from country to country. Despite difficulties in obtaining methodologically consistent data for the region, we analyzed the results from prevalence surveys in 14 Latin American countries. Smoking prevalence among...

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Main Authors:	Costa e Silva Vera Luiza da, Koifman Sergio
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 1998-01-01
Series:	Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Subjects:	Smoking Public Health Prevalence Impacts on Health Mortality
Online Access:	http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X1998000700010

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