American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 539-546 , December 2008

Cigarette Smoking and Military Deployment: A Prospective Evaluation

  • Besa Smith, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Defense Center for Deployment Health Research, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Besa Smith, MPH, PhD, DoD Center for Deployment Health Research, Naval Health Research Center, 140 Sylvester Road, San Diego CA 92106-3521
    • ,
  • Margaret A.K. Ryan, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Defense Center for Deployment Health Research, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, California
    • Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California
    • ,
  • Deborah L. Wingard, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California
    • ,
  • Thomas L. Patterson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California
    • ,
  • Donald J. Slymen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
    • ,
  • Caroline A. Macera, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
    • ,
  • Millennium Cohort Study Team

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doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.07.009

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 539-546 , December 2008

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