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Tobacco use in older adults in Ghana: sociodemographic characteristics, health risks and subjective wellbeing

BACKGROUND: Tobacco use over the life-course threatens to increase disease burden in older adulthood, including lower income countries like Ghana. This paper describes demographic, socioeconomic, health risks and life satisfaction indices related to tobacco use among older adults in Ghana. METHODS:...

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Autores principales:	Yawson, Alfred E, Baddoo, Akosua, Hagan-Seneadza, Nana Ayegua, Calys-Tagoe, Benedict, Hewlett, Sandra, Dako-Gyeke, Phyllis, Mensah, George, Minicuci, Nadia, Naidoo, Nirmala, Chatterji, Somnath, Kowal, Paul, Biritwum, Richard
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2013
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3924352/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24138966 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-979

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